all - Opinion Summaries

LANTEC, INC. v. NOVELL, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts
A voice message was not definite enough to serve as an anticipatory repudiation in a contract claim, and antitrust claims fail where claimant did not...

TELECOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TEL. CO.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law, Public Utilities
After a jury verdict finding a phone company guilty of monopolistic behavior in violation of Oklahoma state law for its domination of the state's pay...

TURICENTRO, S.A. v. AM. AIRLINES, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Class Actions, International Trade, Transportation
The Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act will act as a bar to a proposed Sherman Antitrust Act class action by foreign travel agents against U.S....

IN RE: LINERBOARD ANTITRUST LITIG.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Consumer Protection Law
A putative class in an antitrust lawsuit, alleging that linerboard manufacturers violated the Sherman Act, met the requirements of FRCP 23(b)(3).

MONSANTO CO. v. MCFARLING

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Patent
An injunction was proper where defendant conceded violation of a technology agreement, a reasonable likelihood of success existed on issues of...

FLAMINGO INDUS. (USA) LTD v. U.S. POSTAL SERV.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Constitutional Law
Federal antitrust claims are actionable against the U.S. Postal Service, because Congress has withdrawn the cloak of sovereign immunity from it, and...

INV. PARTNERS, L.P. v. GLAMOUR SHOTS LICENSING, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Remedies
An arbitration clause preventing an award of "punitive damages" does not proscribe statutory antitrust treble damages.

MARIS DISTRIB. CO. v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
In an antitrust action, 1) significant market share is insufficient to show market power in the relevant market, 2) aggregation of defendant's market...

LAW OFFICES OF CURTIS V. TRINKO, L.L.P. v. BELL ATLANTIC CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law
In a claim alleging that defendant denied plaintiff's local phone service provider equal access to defendant's local network, 1) plaintiff alleged...

APANI SOUTHWEST, INC. v. COCA-COLA ENTER., INC.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
Anti-trust claims, arising from a contract granting the exclusive right to sell bottled water on city property, were not actionable where the alleged...