United States Fourth Circuit

In an antitrust action for resale price maintenance in the pesticide industry, summary judgment for Defendants is affirmed, where the agency relationships between Defendant pesticide manufacturers and retailers were genuine, and resale price maintenance is not unlawful in a principal-agent relationship.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/24/2009
• Published 03/24/2009

Judges

• Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  David Barry, Barry & Associates, San Francisco, California, for Appellants.  Glen David Nager, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Michael D. Bland, Benjamin L. Worley, Weaver, Bennett & Bland, P.A., Matthews, North Carolina;  Forrest A. Ferrell, Warren A. Hutton, Sigmon, Clark, Mackie, Hutton, Hanvey & Ferrell, P.A., Hickory, North Carolina, for Appellants.  Larry S. McDevitt, Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes and Davis, P.A., Asheville, North Carolina;  Lawrence D. Rosenberg, Jones Day, Washington, D.C.;  George T. Manning, Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellees Bayer Corporation and Bayer CropScience LP. Douglas W. Ey, Jr., Catherine E. Thompson, William C. Mayberry, Jason D. Evans, Helms, Mullis & Wicker, P.L.L.C., Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee BASF Corporation.