[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-25819]
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[Federal Register: October 19, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Proposed Modification of Final Judgment
Notice is hereby given that defendant United Artists Theatre
Circuit, Inc. (``UATC'') has filed with the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin a motion to modify the
Final Judgment in United States v. Capitol Service, Inc. et al., No.
80-C-407, and the Department of Justice (``Department''), in a
stipulation also filed with the Court, has consented to modification of
the Final Judgment, but has reserved the right to withdraw its consent
based on public comments or for other reasons. The Complaint in this
case (filed on May 5, 1980) alleged that UATC and three other Milwaukee
motion picture exhibitors had since 1977 engaged in a combination and
conspiracy to restrain trade by ``splitting'', or allocating among
themselves, the rights to negotiate for films released by motion
picture distribution companies, in violation of Section 1 of the
Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1.
The Final Judgment (entered on June 17, 1983) enjoins the
defendants ``from further engaging in any motion picture split
agreements, in any form and with any person, in any motion picture
exhibition market throughout the United States.''
The Department has filed with the Court a memorandum setting forth
the reasons why it believes that modification of the Final Judgment to
permit a singular exemption from the Court's injunction for a UATC
theatre in San Jose, California to be constructed under the auspices of
the City's Redevelopment Agency, would be in the public interest.
Copies of the Complaint, the Final Judgment, the defendant's motion
papers, the Stipulation containing the Government's tentative consent,
the Department's memorandum, and all further papers filed with the
Court in connection with this motion will be available for inspection
at Room 3235, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, 10th Street
and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20530 (Telephone: (202)
514-2481), and at the Office of the Clerk of the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Copies of any of these materials may be obtained from the Antitrust
Division upon request and payment of the copying fee set by Department
regulations.
Interested persons may submit comments to the Department regarding
the proposed modification of the Final Judgment. Such comments must be
received within the sixty-day period established by court order, and
will be filed with the Court by the Department. Comments should be
addressed to Gail Kursh, Chief, Professions and Intellectual Property
Section, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, 555 Fourth Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20001 (telephone: (202) 307-5799).
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-25819 Filed 10-18-94; 8:45 am]
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