Paramount Decree of 1948

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United States Supreme Court case United States Supreme Court decision antitrust ruling consent decree

The Paramount Decree of 1948 was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court antitrust ruling that dismantled the major film studios’ vertical control over production, distribution, and theater ownership, reshaping the American movie industry.

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Label Occurrences
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. 3
Paramount Decree of 1948 canonical 1
Paramount antitrust decree 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court decision ⓘ
antitrust ruling ⓘ
consent decree ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: Paramount antitrust decree

Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: Paramount case

Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
surface form: Paramount decision
appliedTo 20th Century Fox ⓘ
surface form: 20th Century-Fox

Columbia Pictures ⓘ
Loew's Inc. ⓘ
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
surface form: MGM

Paramount Pictures ⓘ
RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
surface form: RKO

United Artists ⓘ
Universal ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
areaOfLaw antitrust law ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
basedOnCase Paramount Decree of 1948 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
citation 334 U.S. 131 ⓘ
concerns film distribution ⓘ
motion picture industry ⓘ
movie theater ownership ⓘ
vertical integration ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateDecided 1948 ⓘ
effect dismantled vertical integration in Hollywood ⓘ
ended studio ownership of large theater chains ⓘ
forced separation of production and exhibition ⓘ
increased competition in film exhibition ⓘ
limited block booking practices ⓘ
limited circuit dealing practices ⓘ
reshaped the American movie industry ⓘ
restricted resale price maintenance in film licensing ⓘ
weakened the classical Hollywood studio system ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
held that major film studios violated U.S. antitrust laws ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
jurisdiction Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
laterDevelopments portions of the decree were terminated or modified in the 21st century by federal courts ⓘ
legalCitation 334 U.S. 131 ⓘ
resultedIn divestiture of studio-owned theater chains ⓘ
separation of Paramount Pictures from its theater chain ⓘ
separation of other major studios from their exhibition arms ⓘ
significance influenced later media ownership and antitrust policy ⓘ
key turning point in the decline of the studio system ⓘ
landmark in U.S. antitrust enforcement ⓘ
year 1948 ⓘ

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Hollywood Golden Age → declineFactor → Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
Paramount Decree of 1948 → alsoKnownAs → Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paramount antitrust decree
Paramount Decree of 1948 → alsoKnownAs → Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paramount decision
Paramount Decree of 1948 → alsoKnownAs → Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Paramount case
Paramount Decree of 1948 → basedOnCase → Paramount Decree of 1948 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Loew's Inc. → legalCaseInvolved → Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Big Five studios → legalEvent → Paramount Decree of 1948 ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.