ENTERTAINMENT PUBLICATIONS, INC. v. Goodman

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

While the laws of supply and demand are widely regarded as immutable and inexorable, their smooth and effective operation depends in large measure on brokers who match sellers and buyers in myriad ways. This case concerns a broker who has run amok.

Among other activities, the plaintiff here, Entertainment Publications, Inc. (“Entertainment”), prepares and distributes books of discount coupons to corporations as promotional giveaways and to charitable organizations which sell them to consumers who can use the coupons to obtain various discounts on certain…