Escrow Disbursement Insurance Agency, Inc. v. American Title & Insurance

OPINION AND ORDER REINSTATING THE MONOPOLY COUNT OF THE COMPLAINT, COUNT II

SPELLMAN, District Judge.

THIS CAUSE came before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Clarification and Reinstatement of the Monopoly Count, Count II, of the Complaint.

I. FACTS

Plaintiff, Escrow Disbursement Insurance Agency, Inc. (EDIA), filed suit on March 16, 1976, alleging violations of both sections of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 & 2. In Count II of that Complaint, it was alleged that the Defendants — title insurance underwriters — monopolized, attempted to monopolize, and conspired to monopolize the market for…