all - Opinion Summaries

UNITED PHOSPHORUS, LTD. v. ANGUS CHEM. CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Drugs & Biotech, International Trade
The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, 15 U.S.C. section 6a, limiting application of the Sherman Act, is jurisdictional and does not state an...

ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS, INC. v. VILLAGE OF EAST HILLS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law, Government Contracts
In determining whether the state-action immunity doctrine shields a municipality and a private corporation from alleged federal antitrust-law...

AVENUES IN LEATHER, INC. v. US

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, International Trade
In upholding a tariff classification and rate of duty imposed by the Customs Service on certain imported merchandise, the Court of International Trade...

DELANO FARMS CO. v. CALIFORNIA TABLE GRAPE COMM'N

Agriculture, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law
Under the First Amendment, grape growers could not constitutionally be compelled by state law to pay money for the generic advertising of grapes.

FED. TRADE COMM'N v. TASHMAN

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
Judgment for defendants in a Section 5 Federal Trade Commission Act action reversed, where evidence showed that reasonable consumers were likely to...

COAST PLAZA DOCTORS HOSP. v. UHP HEALTHCARE

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Health Law, Insurance Law
The Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 does not bar a health care provider from seeking direct compensation from a health care insurer on...

MIDWEST GAS SERVS., INC. v. INDIANA GAS CO., INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
A gas storage field operator was a participant in the relevant market and was not barred from asserting a conspiracy claim under section 1 of the...

ELEC. INSPECTORS, INC. v. VILLAGE OF E. HILLS

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Contracts, Government Law
The state-action immunity doctrine does not shield a municipality and a private corporation from alleged federal antitrust-law violations, resulting...

LAVIE v. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection Law, False Advertising
The trial court did not err in evaluating whether an advertisement was deceptive under the California unfair competition law using a reasonable...

EMPAGRAN S.A. v. F. HOFFMAN-LAROCHE, LTD.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, International Trade
Where anticompetitive conduct has the requisite harm on U.S. commerce, the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act permits suits by foreign...