Legal Opinion
Mid-West Paper Products Co. v. Continental Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 26, 1979No. Nos. 78-1736, 78-1746, 78-1776 and 78-1796PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we are called upon to apply the teaching of Illinois Brick Co. v. State of Illinois, 431 U.S. 720, 97 S.Ct. 2061, 52 L.Ed.2d 707 (1977), to a number of settings, all in the context of a series of antitrust actions brought against manufacturers of consumer bags, alleging illegal price fixing under the Sherman Act and seeking both treble damages and injunctive relief. Because none of the plaintiffs purchased bags directly from the defendants, the district court relied on the holding in Illinois Brick that indirect purchasers from antitrust…
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