Legal Opinion
Sms Systems Maintenance Services, Inc. v. Digital Equipment Corporation
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 13, 1999No. 99-1009PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In a complaint filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, SMS Systems Maintenance Services, Inc. (SMS) accused Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) of violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2, by integrating three-year warranties with sales of computer systems. SMS, an equipment servicer, asserted that deploying warranties in this manner unfairly constrained consumers’ ability to choose their preferred service providers and thereby paved the way for a monopoly in the services aftermarket for DEC computers. The district judge…
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