Legal Opinion

Comfort Trane Air Conditioning Co. v. Trane Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 16, 1979No. 78-1427PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The district court below directed a verdict against plaintiffs on their § 1 Sherman Act antitrust claim and directed a verdict against defendant The Trane Company on its counterclaim for a deficiency judgment. Previously it had granted partial summary judgment against plaintiffs on their several state law tort claims.

Three major issues are raised on this appeal. First, as to the antitrust claim, the question is whether plaintiffs adduced substantial evidence in opposition to the directed verdict motion from which reasonable and fair-minded jurors might have concluded…

2Cases cited41 opinions

Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
Foman v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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3Cited by47 opinions

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Jerry Smith, Cross-Appellee v. Atlas Off-Shore Boat Service, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
National Independent Theatre Exhibitors, Inc., James T. Patterson, Sr., Screen Advertising Film Fund, Inc. v. Buena Vista Distribution CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
Mary Kicklighter v. Nails by Jannee, Inc., Mary Kicklighter v. Nails by Jannee, Inc., and Third-Party v. Kay-See Dental Manufacturing Co., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
Lloyd L. Hayes, Hayes, Inc. v. T. G. Solomon, Gulf States Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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