''United States v. Loew's Inc.'', 371 U.S. 38 (1962), was an
antitrust case in which the
Supreme Court of the United States held that
block booking
Block booking is a system of selling multiple films to a theater as a unit. Block booking was the prevailing practice among Hollywood's major studios from the turn of the 1930s until it was outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in '' Un ...
of movies—the offer of only a combined assortment of movies to an exhibitor—violates the
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (, ) is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce. It was passed by Congress and is named for Senator John Sherman, its principal author.
...
.
Besides its legal consequences, the court's decision affected economic theory, explaining
product bundling
In marketing, product bundling is offering several products or services for sale as one combined product or service package. It is a common feature in many imperfectly competitive product and service markets. Industries engaged in the practice ...
as a form of
price discrimination
Price discrimination is a microeconomic pricing strategy where identical or largely similar goods or services are sold at different prices by the same provider in different markets. Price discrimination is distinguished from product differe ...
.
See also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 371
This is a list of all the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court cases from volume 371 of the ''United States Reports'':
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International Salt Co. v. United States
''International Salt Co. v. United States'', 332 U.S. 392 (1947), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the Sherman Act prohibits as ''per se'' violations all tying arrangements in which a product for which a seller has a ...
'' (1947)
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United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
''United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.'', 334 U.S. 131 (1948) (also known as the Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948, the Paramount Case, or the Paramount Decision), was a landmark United States Supreme Court antitrust case that decided the f ...
'' (1948)
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1962 in United States case law
United States antitrust case law
United States Supreme Court cases
United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
Business ethics cases
Loews Cineplex Entertainment
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