Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.

Lawlor v. Nat’l Screen Serv. Corp., 362 U.S. 922 (1960)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1960-03-21
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • independent decisions by various film producers to grant exclusive licenses to particular company to provide film accessories does not constitute per se violation of antitrust laws
  • "[C]ustomary practice is not ordinary care; it is but evidence of ordinary care."
  • mere accumulation of copyright licenses is not an antitrust violation

Citator

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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.