Legal Opinion
Home Placement Service, Inc. v. The Providence Journal Company, Home Placement Service, Inc. v. The Providence Journal Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 1, 1987No. 18-2062PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
This aged and oft-detoured antitrust case originated in the District of Rhode Island and, in the course of its existence, has led to the disqualification or recusal of all federal judges sitting in that district. Appellants Home Placement Service, Inc. and Joseph P. Muschiano, Jr. (collectively referred to as “Home Placement”) initiated this litigation in 1977, alleging that appel-lee Providence Journal Company (the “Journal”) had violated sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, 2, by adopting a policy in 1973 of refusing to accept rental information…
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