Legal Opinion

Shepherd Park Citizens Ass'n v. General Cinema Beverages of Washington, D.C., Inc.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided December 19, 1990No. 90-245PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

In this appeal we reject challenges to an order of the trial court approving a settlement of antitrust litigation between the District of Columbia as parens patriae and two soft drink bottling companies.

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On September 9, 1988, the District of Columbia (the District) as parens patriae filed a complaint alleging that General Cinema Beverages of Washington, D.C., Inc. (GC-Washington) and the Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc. (Mid-Atlantic) had agreed to fix the prices of soft drinks in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area in violation of the District of…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Illinois Brick Co. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
  3. California v. ARC America Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Kansas v. UtiliCorp United Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. State of West Virginia v. Chas. Pfizer & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  2. Boyle v. GiralDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
  3. Service Employees Int'l Union Health & Welfare Fund v. Philip Morris Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 1999
  4. Sutter Health Uninsured Pricing CasesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2009
  5. ROSITA JUUL v. LYNETTE RAWLINGSDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2017

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