Brandeis MacHinery & Supply Corp. And State Equipment Company v. Barber-Greene Company

This appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) is taken by defendant Barber-Greene Company from the issuance of a preliminary injunction preventing it from terminating a fifty year distributorship and refusing to sell its asphalt products to plaintiffs Brandéis Machinery and Supply Company and its affiliate State Equipment Company.

The preliminary injunction was issued in a suit brought by Brandéis and State against Barber-Greene alleging that the latter had participated in an illegal tying arrangement in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and Section 3 of the Clayton…