Legal Opinion
Menasha Corporation v. News America Marketing In-Store, Inc., and News America Marketing In-Store Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 9, 2004No. 03-1302PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The principal question in this antitrust suit is whether at-shelf coupon dispensers are an economic market. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants (which the parties abbreviate to NAMIS) after concluding that no reasonable juror could find that producing a large share of at-shelf coupon dispensers confers market power. 238 F.Supp.2d 1024 (N.D.Ill.2003).
Coupons promote sales without lowering the price to everyone (that is, holding a “sale”). Only customers who hand over coupons at checkout receive the lower price. Couponing is a form of price…
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