Legal Opinion
John B. Hull, Inc., the Sandmeyer Oil Company, Community Petroleum Products, Inc., and Dutchess Auto Co. v. Waterbury Petroleum Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 30, 1978No. 21, Docket 78-7136PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order in a civil antitrust action granting a preliminary in junction against defendant’s pricing practices for heating oil, entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, T. Emmet Clarie, Chief Judge. We find the scope of the order somewhat broader than justified, modify the order and, as modified, affirm.
This controversy involves five companies engaged in the sale of heating oil (also known as “fuel oil Number 2”) to homes, schools and some businesses in an area referred to as the Northwest Corner, which…
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