Legal Opinion
Rothery Storage & Van Co. v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 9, 1984No. Civ.A. 83-0450PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
This is a private antitrust action brought pursuant to Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (1982), against Atlas Van Lines, Inc. (“Atlas”), a nationwide van line company. 1 Plaintiffs are ten present and former agents of Atlas. They challenge an Atlas policy — made effective in August, 1983 — under which Atlas announced that it would terminate its agency relationship with any agent that maintained independent operations in the interstate moving business unless the agent transferred its independent authority to do so to a separate and distinct…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Rothery Storage & Van Co. v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
- Betz v. Chena Hot Springs GroupAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
- Blair v. Checker Cab Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1997
- Bell v. Fur Breeders Agricultural CooperativeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
- Waldo v. North American Van Lines, Inc.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1987
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