Legal Opinion

Siegel v. Chicken Delight, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 9, 1971No. Nos. 25908, 26860PublishedCited by 152 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

This antitrust suit is a class action in which certain franchisees of Chicken Delight seek treble damages for injuries allegedly resulting from illegal restraints imposed by Chicken Delight’s standard form franchise agreements. The restraints in question are Chicken Delight’s contractual requirements that franchisees purchase certain essential cooking equipment, dry-mix food items, and trade-mark bearing packaging exclusively from Chicken Delight as a condition of obtaining a Chicken Delight trade-mark license. These requirements are asserted to constitute a tying…

2Cases cited20 opinions

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  4. United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. International Salt Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

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