Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.

Mr. Justice Stevens,

with whom Mr. Justice Brennan, Mr. Justice White, and Mr. Justice Marshall join, dissenting.

Quite properly, the plurality does not question the merits of the preliminary injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois staying proceedings in the Illinois courts. It was predicated on appropriate findings of fact,1 it was entered by a District Judge whose *646understanding of the federal antitrust laws was unique,2 and its entry was affirmed unanimously by the Court of Appeals.

Judge McLaren found substantial evidence that petitioner…