Aubrey D. Hanson D/B/A Hanson Paint & Glass Company v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Industries, Inc., Formerly Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

In this Robinson-Patman price discrimination action, defendant Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company 1 appeals from a judgment in favor of plaintiff Aubrey D. Hanson. We hold that the district court erred in denying defendant’s motions for a directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and reverse.

Hanson entered the glass industry at the age of 22 when he worked for PPG as a glass cutter in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1927. Three years later he became a PPG salesman in Northwestern Louisiana, Eastern Texas, Southeastern Oklahoma, and Southwestern Arkansas. In…