United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc.
E657254
United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. was a landmark U.S. antitrust Supreme Court case addressing monopolistic practices in the movie theater industry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7327388 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. Context triple: [Schine family, involvedIn, United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc.]
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A.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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B.
Eisner v. Macomber
Eisner v. Macomber is a 1920 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a pro rata stock dividend was not taxable income under the Sixteenth Amendment, shaping early federal income tax doctrine.
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C.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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D.
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld minimum wage laws and effectively ended the Lochner era by allowing greater government regulation of economic conditions.
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E.
Hansberry v. Lee
Hansberry v. Lee is a landmark 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case involving racially restrictive housing covenants that helped inspire the themes of Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. Target entity description: United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. was a landmark U.S. antitrust Supreme Court case addressing monopolistic practices in the movie theater industry.
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A.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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B.
Eisner v. Macomber
Eisner v. Macomber is a 1920 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a pro rata stock dividend was not taxable income under the Sixteenth Amendment, shaping early federal income tax doctrine.
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C.
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Katzenbach v. Morgan is a 1966 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld Congress’s power under the Fourteenth Amendment to prohibit certain state voting restrictions, reinforcing federal authority to protect voting rights.
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D.
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish is a 1937 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld minimum wage laws and effectively ended the Lochner era by allowing greater government regulation of economic conditions.
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E.
Hansberry v. Lee
Hansberry v. Lee is a landmark 1940 U.S. Supreme Court case involving racially restrictive housing covenants that helped inspire the themes of Lorraine Hansberry’s play "A Raisin in the Sun."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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antitrust case ⓘ |
| allegedConduct |
acquisition of competing theaters to maintain monopoly power
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exclusive dealing arrangements with film distributors ⓘ use of buying power to foreclose competitors from access to films ⓘ |
| broughtBy | United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division ⓘ |
| caseType | civil enforcement action ⓘ |
| citation | 334 U.S. 110 ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1948-01-00 ⓘ |
| decisionYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| defendant |
Schine Chain Theatres, Inc.
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linked to:
Schine Enterprises
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| dissentBy |
Stanley F. Reed
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linked to:
Stanley Reed
Wiley B. Rutledge ⓘ
linked to:
Justice Wiley B. Rutledge
|
| geographicScope |
parts of the northeastern United States
ⓘ
upstate New York ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasCourt | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| holding |
The Supreme Court approved strong equitable relief, including divestiture, to remedy the antitrust violations.
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The Supreme Court held that Schine Chain Theatres had violated the Sherman Act through monopolistic practices in the motion picture exhibition market. ⓘ |
| industryInvolved |
motion picture exhibition industry
ⓘ
movie theater industry ⓘ |
| joinedBy |
Frank Murphy
ⓘ
Fred M. Vinson ⓘ
linked to:
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
Harold H. Burton ⓘ Hugo Black ⓘ
linked to:
Hugo L. Black
Robert H. Jackson ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| legalArea |
antitrust law
ⓘ
competition law ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
conspiracy to restrain trade
ⓘ
monopolization ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Felix Frankfurter ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 110 ⓘ |
| plaintiff |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| precedentFor |
application of Sherman Act to local theater monopolies
ⓘ
standards for antitrust divestiture remedies ⓘ |
| relatedTo | United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. ⓘ |
| remedy |
divestiture of theater holdings
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injunctive relief against anticompetitive practices ⓘ |
| sectionApplied |
Sherman Act §1
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linked to:
Sherman Antitrust Act
Sherman Act §2 ⓘ
linked to:
Sherman Antitrust Act
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| statuteApplied | Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | monopolistic practices in the movie theater industry ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfConduct |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 334 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. Description of subject: United States v. Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. was a landmark U.S. antitrust Supreme Court case addressing monopolistic practices in the movie theater industry.
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