United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.,
334 US 131 (1948) (also known as the
Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948, the
Paramount Case, the
Paramount Decision or the
Paramount Decree) was a landmark
United States Supreme Court antitrust case that decided the fate of movie studios owning their own theatres and holding exclusivity rights on which theatres would show their films. It would also change the way Hollywood movies were produced,
distributed, and exhibited. The Court held in this case that the existing distribution scheme was in violation of the
antitrust laws of the
United States, which prohibit certain exclusive dealing arrangements.