Legal Opinion
Watson Carpet & Floor Covering, Inc. v. Mohawk Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 22, 2011No. 09-6140, 09-6173PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant Watson Carpet & Floor Covering, Inc. (Watson Carpet) is a carpet dealer in competition with Carpet Den, Inc. and its owner, Rick McCormick. Watson Carpet sued Carpet Den, McCormick, and carpet supplier Mohawk Industries, Inc., for conspiring to restrain trade in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Watson Carpet alleges that, in 1998, the defendants explicitly agreed to force Watson Carpet out of business by slandering and refusing to deal to Watson Carpet. After Mohawk refused to sell carpet to Watson Carpet the next year,…
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