Legal Opinion

Products Liability Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Crum & Forster Insurance Companies A/K/A United States Fire Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 28, 1982No. 81-2616PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The complaint in this antitrust case, which was dismissed below on the defendants’ motion for summary judgment after pretrial discovery had been completed, alleges a collective refusal to deal (“boycott”) in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, which forbids agreements in restraint of trade. The plaintiff is a corporation owned and operated by an Illinois lawyer named Byron Get-zoff, and since, at least so far as the issues in this case are concerned, it has no existence apart from Getzoff, we shall treat him as the plaintiff to make our opinion…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Oreck Corporation v. Whirlpool Corporation and Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
  4. Cernuto, Inc. v. United Cabinet Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  5. Jack Weit v. Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. Car Carriers, Inc. v. Ford Motor Company and Nu-Car Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  2. Roland MacHinery Company v. Dresser Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  3. Subhash C. MALHOTRA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COTTER & COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  4. Grip-Pak, Inc. v. Illinois Tool Works, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  5. Rebel Oil Company, Inc. v. Atlantic Richfield CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995

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