Legal Opinion

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 26, 1986No. 83-2004PublishedCited by 93 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

475 U.S. 574

106 S.Ct. 1348

89 L.Ed.2d 538

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., et al., Petitioners

v.

ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION et al.

No. 83-2004.

Argued Nov. 12, 1985.

Decided March 26, 1986.

Syllabus

Petitioners are 21 Japanese corporations or Japanese-controlled American corporations that manufacture and/or sell "consumer electronic products" (CEPs) (primarily television sets). Respondents are American corporations that manufacture and sell television sets. In 1974, respondents brought an action in Federal District Court, alleging that petitioners, over a 20-year period, had illegally…

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2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  4. First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983

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