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"Daily Variety’ JUL 1 3 1962 ar n His Old Disk} iolating Law: Capito] Records, Inc., is accused. of “restraint of trade’ in a suit. i for $1,050,000 in treble eee filed yesterday in U;8. District Court by Frank Sina i i are I fan tle Roprite Records, Complaint also charged thet Capitol had at- tempted to procure a monopoly and violated the Robinson-Patman ice Discrimination Act by o ere (Continued on Page 4} . niinve rom Page 1 } ibe to sell some 625 Sinatra te. eorded songs at half-price through- out the country and, in certain. areas, below the 60% reduction to selected dealers, Suit, in which Sinatra's own record production company, Bris- toi Productions, also is a lnintiff, named additionally as d endants Capitol Records Distributing Co, and Electronics and Musical In- dustries, Ltd, (E.M.LL). Attorneys for Sinatra claimed that Capitol is conducting its “un- fair competition” against only one . artist of the many who record under its label. Sinatra now waxes exclusively for Bristol and has many recordings either out or ready for release under the Re- prise label. Cap distributed his recordings between December, 1955, and April, 1962. Columbia and RCA distribbed singer's earlier recordings, ¢ Capitol, according to suit, hds een advertising older Sinatra rd:nga for sale on the basis % and lower reductions, Ifminary injunction would halt: \such sales, i