Smith Wholesale Co. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

In this case alleging illegal price discrimination in violation of Section 2(a) of the Clayton Act, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Price Discrimination Act (“the Act”), 15 U.S.C § 13(a), the plaintiffs-appellants, eighteen full-service wholesalers who are also direct distributors for defendant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (“RJR”), appeal the district court’s order of summary judgment entered pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(c) in favor of defendant RJR. We affirm.

I

The eighteen plaintiffs-appellants in this case, lead by plaintiff Smith Wholesale…