Legal Opinion
National Union Electric Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 3, 1980No. Civ. A. No. 74-3274. M.D.L. No. 189PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
This opinion addresses yet another motion for summary judgment interposed by defendants in this massive antitrust case. The present motion raises the question whether plaintiff, National Union Electric Corporation (NUE) has standing to maintain the action. While, because of the prominence of co-plaintiff Zenith Radio Corporation in the American television market, the case is often referred to as “the Zenith case,” Zenith did not enter the litigation until 1974. Rather, suit was first instituted by NUE, on December 21, 1970. 1 In its…
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In re Japanese Electronic Products Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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- Meyers v. MoodyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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