Legal Opinion

El Aguila Food Products, Inc. v. Gruma Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 17, 2005No. 04-20125UnpublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: *

The plaintiffs in this antitrust suit, seventeen manufacturers of tortillas, appeal a take-nothing judgment entered in favor of Gruma Corporation (“Gruma”), a manufacturer of tortillas and related food products, two of its corporate divisions, and a related entity. Because the plaintiffs failed to offer evidence of damages and causation sufficient to sustain a rational judgment in their favor, we affirm.

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The nature of this suit and the conduct alleged to be anticompetitive are set forth in the district court’s opinion, 1 so we only briefly summarize them here.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. General Electric Co. v. JoinerSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Cargill, Inc. v. Monfort of Colorado, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. MCI Communications Corporation and MCI Telecommunications Corporation v. American Telephone and Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by13 opinions

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  4. Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. v. Amersham Health, Inc.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2009
  5. Orthoflex, Inc. v. Thermotek, Inc.District Court, N.D. Texas · 2013

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