Legal Opinion
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 26, 1986No. 83-2004PublishedCited by 58,332 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
This case requires that we again consider the standard district courts must apply when deciding whether to grant summary judgment in an antitrust conspiracy case.
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Stating the facts of this case is a daunting task. The opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit runs to 69 pages; the primary opinion of the District Court is more than three times as long. In re Japanese Electronic Products *577Antitrust Litigation, 723 F. 2d 238 (CA3 1983); 513 F. Supp. 1100 (ED Pa. 1981). Two respected District Judges each have authored a number of opinions in this case; the published ones alone…
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