Legal Opinion
Thomas G. Lovett, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of John Peterson Motors, Inc., Donald John Peterson, Individually v. General Motors Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1992No. 91-2646PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
John Peterson Motors, Inc. (JPM), a car dealership, and Donald John Peterson (Peterson), JPM’s owner and operator, brought this antitrust action against General Motors Corporation (GM) in 1985. While the case was pending that year, JPM’s bankruptcy proceeding converted to chap ter seven and Peterson lost control of JPM’s antitrust suit. Peterson, however, continued to pursue individual antitrust damages. After a nine-week trial, a jury found that GM conspired with JPM’s rival GM dealers to restrict distribution of vehicles to JPM for the purpose of maintaining retail…
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