Legal Opinion
Edward J. Sweeney & Sons, Inc., and Mission Gas Oil Company, Inc. And Petroleum Products Co. v. Texaco, Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 3, 1980No. 79-2468PublishedCited by 333 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*108OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The major question for decision in this appeal by unsuccessful plaintiffs in an antitrust action is whether they established a prima facie case of a “contract, combination, ... or conspiracy, in restraint of trade ...” in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Sweeney, a wholesale and retail distributor of Texaco fuels, and two of its wholesale customers attempted to prove that Texaco unlawfully conspired with other fuel distributors and retailers to fix the retail price of Texaco motor fuel. Determining that appellants had failed to…
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