Series 6A : Anti-trust cases, 1931-1956.

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Series 6A : Anti-trust cases, 1931-1956.

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Correspondence and court records from anti-trust litigation to which United Artists was a party. Most of the cases involve suits by small privately-owned theatres against the major motion picture firms. Among the most frequent primary defendants are Balaban & Katz, Columbia Pictures, Loew's, Paramount Pictures, RKO, Twentieth Century-Fox, and Warner Bros. Pictures.

19.0 c.f. (48 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6851366

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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