Legal Opinion

William E. Greene, Food Distributors v. General Foods Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 11, 1975No. 74-1484PublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

William E. Greene, the plaintiff-appellee, a sole proprietor doing business as “William E. Greene Distributors”, was an independent distributor of products of General Foods Corporation. Under the terms of his distributorship agreement with General Foods, Greene resold Maxwell House Coffee and other General Foods products to large institutional buyers. These institutional accounts are known as Multiple Food Service. Accounts (MFSA’s). The sales to MFSA’s were from stocks of products General Foods had previously sold to Greene. The prices were fixed by General Foods…

2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
  3. Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. United States v. Colgate & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  5. United States v. Topco Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by70 opinions

  1. Argus Incorporated and Interphoto Corporation v. Eastman Kodak Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
  2. Spray-Rite Service Corporation, an Iowa Corporation v. Monsanto Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Litton Systems, Inc., Litton Business Telephone Systems, Inc., Litton Business Systems, Inc., and Litton Industries Credit Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees- Cross v. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Western Electric Company, Inc., Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., New York Telephone Company, Inc., New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Ohio Bell Telephone Company, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, and Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company, Defendants-Appellants-Cross Litton Systems, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  4. Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Defendant-Appellee-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  5. California Shoppers, Inc. v. Royal Globe Insurance Co.California Court of Appeal · 1985

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