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GGD-80-24 1 (1979-11-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabaas0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .RESTIRIOY£ - Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office except on the basis of Specific approval I o by the Office of Cong.essinal Relations. d UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 2054a ROVMNT NOVEMBER 13, 1979 B-167620l illi ll iI C\ 111093 The Honorable Dave Evans House of Representatives Dear Mr. Evans: qG ' 4 Subject: Lauthority of the Antitrust Division Over Antitrust and Paramount Decree Violations7 (GGD-80-24) Your July 17, 1979, letter rzquessed that our Office reconsider the findings presented to you in our June 14, 1979, report. That report addressed your constituent's complaint concerning the Antitrust Division's handling of complaints of antitrust and Paramount Decree violations in the motion picture industry andits pYrtice of retaining jurisdiction in Washington over these matters.\, To comply with your request, we made additional inquiries into this matter. We reviewed the Antitrust Division's correspondence file of letters between the com- plainant and the Division, as well as the information pro- vided by your Office. Your constituent (a) is dissatisfied with the Antitrust Division's treatment of complaints involving the motion picture industry, and (b) wants the U.S. attorney from the southern district of Indiana to investigate and prosecute antitrust and Paramount Decree violations involving the motion picture industry. Your constituent believes, and has stated in letters, that the same U.S. attorney should be granted such authority without interference from the Antitrust Division. The Antitrust Division disagrees, considering it unwise to grant any U.S. attorney such a general authority. ANTITRUST DIVISION PROCEDURES REQUIRE U.S. ATTORNEYS TO OBTAIN AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS While the Antitrust Division encourages U.S. attorneys to vigorously enforce antitrust laws, it nevertheless 507760 (990515)

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