Legal Opinion

Barton's Disposal Service, Inc. v. Tiger Corp., D/B/A Southwest Disposal, Inc. And Pine Hill Landfill

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 3, 1990No. 87-2887PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Antitrust and Waste Disposal

Barton’s Disposal, Inc. (Barton’s) brought this antitrust action against Southwest Disposal, Inc. (Southwest)1 and Pine Hill Landfill (Pine Hill), alleging monopolization and attempted monopolization of the solid waste collection business in two sub-markets, the Longview area of Gregg County and the Tyler area of Smith County-

Barton’s claim regarding monopolization and attempted monopolization in the Tyler sub-market was based on (i) evidence that Southwest successfully got the City of Tyler to grant it monopolistic control of a city…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,872 Lila A. Miley v. Oppenheimer & Company, Inc., Anthony L. Geller and John W. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,777, 11 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 781 Chemetron Corporation, Cross-Appellant v. Business Funds, Inc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  4. George Pierce and Jeff Pierce, Individually and D/B/A Pierce Sales, a Partnership v. Ramsey Winch Company, a Foreign Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  5. Leon G. Nichols, Rudolph J. Bystrak, Intervenors-Appellants v. Mobile Board of Realtors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  3. Michael Baisden v. I'm Ready Productions, Inc., etCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  4. Banc One Capital Partners Corp. v. KneipperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  5. McCoy v. HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000

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