all - Opinion Summaries

B-S Steel of Kansas, Inc. v. Texas Indus., Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Remedies
Summary judgment for defendants, steel manufacturers, in a suit alleging discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act and state law claims...

Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Indep. Ink, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
In the context of antitrust claims, since a patent does not necessarily confer market power upon a patentee, in all cases involving a "tying"...

Texaco v. Dagher

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
It is not per se illegal under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1, for a lawful, economically integrated joint venture to set the...

Deiter v. Microsoft Corp.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Cyberspace Law
Order certifying a class of consumers seeking damages against a software manufacturer in antitrust litigation and excluding from the class certain...

In re Copper Antitrust Litig.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Securities Law
Summary judgment pursuant to a statute of limitations in an antitrust case involving allegations of manipulations of the copper market is reversed in...

AT&T Communications of Texas, L.P. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

Administrative Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Government Law, Remedies
Judgment involving the scope of an agency's authority to hear communications companies' antitrust complaints is reversed where the Public Utility...

Unitherm Food Sys., Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
Grant of a new trial pursuant to a review for sufficiency of the evidence in an antitrust case is vacated where defendant failed to renew its...

Goss Int'l Corp. v. Man Roland Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Media Law
The Antidumping Act of 1916 does not require proof of predatory intent as outlined in Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 509...

Tri-Gen, Inc. v. Int'l Union of Operating Eng'rs

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment in favor of defendant-union on claims of federal labor and antitrust violations is affirmed where summary judgment was properly...

Volvo Trucks N. Am., Inc. v. Reeder-Simco GMC, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Transportation
A manufacturer may not be held liable for secondary-line price discrimination under the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act in the absence of a...