Legal Opinion
Seaboard Supply Co. v. Congoleum Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 16, 1985No. 84-5630PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The principal issue in this case is whether a scheme of commercial bribery between an employee of a manufacturer and an entity which acted as a sales agent comes within the prohibition of either the Sherman or Robinson-Patman Acts. The district court found essentially that because a legitimate agency relationship existed between the briber and the manufacturer and no sales occurred between the two, the Acts had not been violated. Although the activity was reprehensible and probably violated state civil and criminal law, we agree that the scheme did not…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Edward J. Sweeney & Sons, Inc., and Mission Gas Oil Company, Inc. And Petroleum Products Co. v. Texaco, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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- Alberta Gas Chemicals Limited and Alberta Gas Chemicals, Incorporated v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, Du Pont Holdings, Inc., and Conoco IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Environmental Tectonics v. W.S. Kirkpatrick, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- Ideal Dairy Farms, Inc. v. Farmland Dairy Farms, Inc.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1995
- Stephen Jay Photography, Ltd. v. Olan Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
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