The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" id="mw4g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> files suit in New York City against the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_picture" id="mw4w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Motion picture">motion picture</a> industry charging violations of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sherman Antitrust Act">Sherman Antitrust Act</a> in regards to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_system" id="mw5Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Studio system">studio system</a>.  The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" id="mw5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1948">1948</a>.