Legal Opinion
Cernuto, Inc. v. United Cabinet Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 16, 1979No. 78-1872PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
We are confronted in this appeal with the termination, by a manufacturer of kitchen cabinets, of one of its customers, a discount house, at the urging of another customer, a retailer, allegedly because of price considerations. Although the manufacturer’s action was destructive to competition between the two customers, under the circumstances present here the plaintiff may recover only if the challenged conduct is termed a per se violation of the Sherman Act, because under a “rule of reason” analysis the necessary anti-competitive effects as to a…
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