Legal Opinion
The A. S. Abell Company v. John W. Chell, and Robert F. Neugebauer, Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1969No. 12941PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
The A. S. Abell Company (“Abell”), a publisher of daily morning and evening newspapers and a Sunday newspaper in Baltimore, sued 33 of its approximately 121 route owners, who buy newspapers at wholesale and sell them at retail and home delivery to subscribers. The suit was based upon the federal antitrust laws, and the complaint recited as its purpose a declaration: (a) that the contractual arrangements between the parties existing prior to March 29, 1968, were totally illegal and unenforceable, (b) that Abell’s repudiation and rescission of the contracts as illegal was…
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