United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. et al.

Decided May 3, 1948. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 79 · 334 U.S. 131 (1948) · Cited 734 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–1.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• International Salt Co. v. United States · 332 U.S. 392 (1947)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 333 U.S. 364 (1948)
• United States v. Swift & Co. · 286 U.S. 106 (1932)
• American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
• Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1 (1945)
• Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
• Ex Parte Peterson · 253 U.S. 300 (1920)
• Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co. · 320 U.S. 661 (1944)
• Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co. · 314 U.S. 488 (1942)
• United States v. Yellow Cab Co. · 332 U.S. 218 (1947)
• United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
• United States v. General Electric Co. · 272 U.S. 476 (1926)
• United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
• Ethyl Gasoline Corp. v. United States · 309 U.S. 436 (1940)
• United States v. Crescent Amusement Co. · 323 U.S. 173 (1944)
• United States v. Univis Lens Co. · 316 U.S. 241 (1942)
• United States v. Reading Co. · 253 U.S. 26 (1920)
• Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal · 286 U.S. 123 (1932)

Cited by

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• United States v. Loew's Inc. · 371 U.S. 38 (1962)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Democratic National Committee · 412 U.S. 94 (1973)
• Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp. · 346 U.S. 537 (1954)
• International Boxing Club of New York, Inc. v. United States · 358 U.S. 242 (1959)
• Partmar Corp. v. Paramount Pictures Theatres Corp. · 347 U.S. 89 (1954)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 351 U.S. 377 (1956)
• Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States · 345 U.S. 594 (1953)
• Brown Shoe Co. v. United States · 370 U.S. 294 (1962)
• Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. · 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
• Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde · 466 U.S. 2 (1984)
• Automatic Radio Mfg. Co., Inc. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc · 339 U.S. 827 (1950)
• Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United States · 356 U.S. 1 (1958)
• Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. United States · 341 U.S. 593 (1951)
• United States v. Columbia Steel Co. · 334 U.S. 495 (1948)
• Eldred v. Ashcroft · 537 U.S. 186 (2003)
• United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. · 366 U.S. 316 (1961)
• Ford Motor Co. v. United States · 405 U.S. 562 (1972)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 368 U.S. 464 (1962)
• United States v. Grinnell Corp. · 384 U.S. 563 (1966)
• Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367 (1969)
• Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. · 504 U.S. 451 (1992)
• Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover · 359 U.S. 500 (1959)
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson · 343 U.S. 495 (1952)
• National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma · 468 U.S. 85 (1984)
• Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. · 441 U.S. 1 (1979)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• Mazer v. Stein · 347 U.S. 201 (1954)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. · 545 U.S. 913 (2005)
• Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States · 337 U.S. 293 (1949)

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