Legal Opinion
Westman Commission Company, Cross-Appellant v. Hobart International, Inc., Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1986No. 83-1678, 83-1801PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1219McKAY, Circuit Judge.
This is an antitrust case based on the refusal of a manufacturer to grant a distributorship. The defendant, Hobart International Corporation, manufactures one of approximately fifty-three separate lines of kitchen equipment sold by both the plaintiff, Westman Commission Company, and Nobel, Inc., another kitchen equipment distributor in the Denver area. The trial court described Hobart’s products as the “Cadillac” of the food service industry. Westman Commission Co. v. Hobart Corp., 461 F.Supp. 627, 628 (D.Colo.1978) (“Westman 7”). Its products are of such high quality and…
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