Falls Chase Special Taxing District Elba, Inc. Sunshine Land Development, Inc. And E. Lamar Bailey Associates v. City of Tallahassee

Seeking injunctive relief and treble damages, the Falls Chase Special Taxing District brought suit against the City of Tallahassee under the federal and Florida antitrust laws. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, 580 F.Supp. 967, found that the City of Tallahassee’s allegedly anticompetitive activities were protected by the state action exemption to the federal antitrust laws because the activities were authorized by the State of Florida. Accordingly, the district court granted the City of Tallahassee’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

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The Falls Chase…