Boxer v. Smith, Kline & French Laboratories

MOTLEY, District Judge.

Memorandum Opinion on Motion To Stay Taking of Plaintiffs’ Depositions

These are private anti-trust actions (15 U.S.C. § 1). In the first action Boxer seeks $6,000,000 damages and an injunction. The complaint in the first case alleges a conspiracy among defendants to destroy plaintiff’s business as a drug wholesaler. The conspiracy is alleged to be manifested by a concerted boycott and refusal to deal with plaintiff by defendants and by defendants coercing and threatening plaintiff’s suppliers to discontinue doing business with plaintiff for the purpose of fixing prices…