Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

508 U.S. 49, 113 S.Ct. 1920, 123 L.Ed.2d 611 (1993)

Study Aids
Case Briefs Overview
Casebooks
Case Briefs
P
From our private database of 46,300+ case briefs, written and edited by humans—never with AI.

Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

United States Supreme Court
508 U.S. 49, 113 S.Ct. 1920, 123 L.Ed.2d 611 (1993)

Play video

Facts

Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. (PRE) (defendant), maintained a resort hotel in California that allowed guests to rent movies on videodiscs that could be played privately in the guest’s hotel rooms. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., and seven other motion-picture studios (the studios) (plaintiffs) brought a lawsuit against PRE, alleging that PRE’s rental practices infringed upon the studios’ copyrights in the movies that were contained on the videodiscs. PRE counterclaimed, alleging that the studios’ actions violated antitrust law as concerted action and that the studios were not entitled to immunity under the Noerr doctrine, because the lawsuit was a pretense to restrain competition. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of PRE on the copyright claim, but on remand, the court granted summary judgment in favor of the studios on the antitrust counterclaim. PRE appealed the decision, but the court of appeals affirmed. PRE appealed again, and the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Thomas, J.)

What to do next…

  1. Unlock this case brief with a free (no-commitment) trial membership of Quimbee.

    You’ll be in good company: Quimbee is one of the most widely used and trusted sites for law students, serving more than 805,000 law students since 2011. Some law schools—such as Yale, Berkeley, and Northwestern—even subscribe directly to Quimbee for all their law students.

    Unlock this case briefRead our student testimonials

  2. Learn more about Quimbee’s unique (and proven) approach to achieving great grades at law school.

    Quimbee is a company hell-bent on one thing: helping you get an “A” in every course you take in law school, so you can graduate at the top of your class and get a high-paying law job. We’re not just a study aid for law students; we’re the study aid for law students.

    Learn about our approachRead more about Quimbee

Here's why 805,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:

  • Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,300 briefs, keyed to 988 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
  • The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
  • Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
  • Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.

Access this case brief for FREE

With a 7-day free trial membership
Here's why 805,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
  • Reliable - written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students
  • The right length and amount of information - includes the facts, issue, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents
  • Access in your class - works on your mobile and tablet
  • 46,300 briefs - keyed to 988 casebooks
  • Uniform format for every case brief
  • Written in plain English - not in legalese and not just repeating the court's language
  • Massive library of related video lessons - and practice questions
  • Top-notch customer support

Access this case brief for FREE

With a 7-day free trial membership

Casebooks

Antitrust
Torts

Key Terms