Legal Opinion
Banana Distributors, Inc. v. United Fruit Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 8, 1958PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVET, District Judge.
This is an action for treble damages under the antitrust laws. The case was tried before a jury after a preliminary trial in reference to the statute of limitations, likewise before a jury, pursuant to Bertha Building Corporation v. National Theatres Corporation, 2 Cir., 1957, 248 F.2d 833, certiorari denied April 28, 1958, 78 S.Ct. 777. On the basis of the jury’s factual conclusions in the preliminary trial this court determined that a three-year New York statute, Civil Practice Act, § 49, controlled. See Banana Distributors Inc., v. United Fruit Company and Fruit…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- In Re IBM Peripheral EDP Devices, Etc.District Court, N.D. California · 1979
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