Legal Opinion

The Tennessean Truckstop, Inc. v. Nts, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided May 19, 1989No. 87-6016PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a complaint alleging that the defendant, a firm that issues credit cards to truckers for use at participating truckstops, violated federal antitrust law by prohibiting the plaintiff truckstop from exacting a surcharge of more than five percent on purchases made with defendant’s credit cards. We conclude that the plaintiff has alleged no injury of the sort that the antitrust laws were designed to redress, and we shall affirm the judgment of dismissal.

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The plaintiff, Tennessean Truckstop, Inc., is a Tennessee corporation…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Brown Shoe Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  5. Blue Shield of Va. v. McCreadySupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  3. In Re Cardizem CD Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 2000
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  5. Conwood Co. v. United States Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002

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