United States v. Loew's Inc.

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 of movies—the offer of only a combined assortment of movies to an exhibitor—violates the Sherman Antitrust Act.

United States v. Loew's Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 16, 1962
Decided November 5, 1962
Full case nameUnited States v. Loew's Incorporated et al.
Citations371 U.S. 38 (more)
83 S.Ct. 97; 9 L. Ed. 2d 11; 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2332
Case history
PriorAppeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Holding
Block booking of movies—the offer of only a combined assortment of movies to an exhibitor—violates antitrust laws.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II
William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart
Byron White · Arthur Goldberg
Case opinions
MajorityGoldberg, joined by Warren, Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan, White
DissentHarlan, joined by Stewart
Laws applied
Sherman Antitrust Act

Besides its legal consequences, the court's decision affected economic theory, explaining product bundling as a form of price discrimination.[1][2][3]

See also

References
  1. Stigler, George J. (1963). "United States v. Loew's Inc.: A Note on Block-Booking". Supreme Court Review. 1963: 152–157. doi:10.1086/scr.1963.3108731. JSTOR 3108731. S2CID 146962621.
  2. Adams, William James; Yellen, Janet L. (1976). "Commodity Bundling and the Burden of Monopoly". Quarterly Journal of Economics. 90 (3): 475–498. doi:10.2307/1886045. JSTOR 1886045.
  3. Kenney, Roy W.; Klein, Benjamin (1983). "The Economics of Block Booking". Journal of Law and Economics. 26 (3): 497–540. doi:10.1086/467048. JSTOR 725036. S2CID 153735482.


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