Legal Opinion
Edward J. Sweeney & Sons, Inc. v. Texaco, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 4, 1979No. Civ. A. 74-3299PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CAHN, District Judge.
On the eighth day of trial in this labyrinthine antitrust case I directed a verdict in favor of the defendant. (N.T. 1860). The directed verdict did not dispose of all of the issues in the case, however, and the parties agreed to resolve one of these issues amicably and to submit the others to this court for a decision based on their written briefs. 1 (N.T. 1889-91). Now that I have received those briefs and had an opportunity to carefully review the record, I will explain why I decided to grant the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. I will also rule on…
2Cases cited116 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Aetna Life Insurance v. HaworthSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pacific Coal & Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Paul Bender, George and Diane Decarlo v. Southland CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Edward J. Sweeney & Sons, Inc., and Mission Gas Oil Company, Inc. And Petroleum Products Co. v. Texaco, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Power Test Petroleum Distributors, Inc. v. Calcu Gas, Inc. And Yonkers Overpass Equities Corp., Yonkers Overpass Equities Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Hasbrouck v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
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