Legal Opinion
Contractor Utility Sales Co. v. Certain-teed Products Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 14, 1981No. Nos. 80-1128, 80-1245PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Contractor Utility Sales Co., Inc. (“Cusco”), brought suit against Certain-teed Products Corporation (“Certain-teed”),1 for alleged violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2, and for common law fraud and breach of contract. A ten day jury trial was held before Judge Harold A. Baker in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. At the close of plaintiff’s case, Judge Baker granted Certain-teed’s motion for a directed verdict on the antitrust counts. The breach of contract and fraud counts remained and…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Continental T. v. Inc. v. GTE Sylvania Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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3Cited by37 opinions
- United States v. Bernard McKeonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Spray-Rite Service Corporation, an Iowa Corporation v. Monsanto Company, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Mellon Bank Corporation and Mellon Bank, N.A., in No. 90-3712 v. First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments, in No. 90-3790Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- Lektro-Vend Corp. v. Vendo Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Harbor Insurance Company v. Continental Bank CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
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