Legal Opinion
Grason Electric Co. v. Sacramento Municipal Utility District
District Court, E.D. California
Decided September 23, 1983No. Civ. S-79-861 LKKPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KARLTON, Chief Judge.
Long in gestation, a new theory of liability under the federal antitrust laws was delivered by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Berkey Photo, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co., 603 F.2d 263 (2d Cir.1979), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1093, 100 S.Ct. 1061, 62 L.Ed.2d 783 (1980). For want of a better term, this theory may be described as “monopoly leveraging.” It purportedly derives from the more traditional and better defined offense of monopolization, which is proscribed by Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2. The essence of the new theory is…
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