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Small Hollywood, CA, label owned by record store owner Maurice A. Rapoport. Active from 1947-48. "In December 1947, on complaint of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Records, a preliminary injunction was granted preventing Rapoport's use of the Metro name. Rapport ignored the injunction, continued to sell Metro records, and was again cited for contempt. A final injunction was granted in May, 1948, at which time Rapport was fined $14,800, and sentenced to thirty days in jail. At that time, 1,300 Metro discs were seized, and all infringing discs were ordered to be destroyed on June 8." (Allan Sutton, American Record Companies and Producers, 1888-1950, Mainspring Press [2018] pp. 416-417.) Rapoport's next label was [l689807].