Legal Opinion
In Re Data General Corp. Antitrust Litigation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 7, 1980No. M.D.L. 369 WHOPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ORRICK, District Judge.
Before the Court are seven actions challenging the manner in which Data General Corporation (“Data General”) markets its computer equipment. Three of the actions were originally filed in this district 1 and four were transferred here by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“the Panel”) for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings. 2 Plaintiffs 3 claim that, among other things, Data General ties the licensing of its software to the sale of its central processing units in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (hereinafter cited as…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- A.I. Root Company v. Computer/dynamics, Inc. And Management Assistance, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Digidyne Corp. v. Data General Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Smith MacHinery Corp. v. Hesston, Inc.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1985
- SFM Corp. v. Sundstrand Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
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