Plaintiff state alleged that the proposed merger would make the competitive situation in San Francisco significantly worse by further enhancing the ability of the newly merged AMC-Loews circuit to increase prices and would reduce the incentive to maintain, upgrade and renovate theaters in San Francisco, thus reducing the quality of the viewing experience for a movie-goer. The District of Columbia and State of Washington filed separate settlements requiring theater divestitures in those markets (See D.C. v. Marquee Holdings, Inc.). The U.S. Department of Justice also reached a settlement which called for additional divestitures in: Boston, Massachusetts; New York City; Chicago, Illinois; and Dallas, Texas.