Legal Opinion
Corning Glass Works v. Ann & Hope, Inc. of Danvers
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 2, 1973PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The plaintiff (Corning) brought suit under the so called Fair Trade Law, G. L. c. 93, § § 14A-14D, to enjoin the defendant (Ann & Hope) from advertising, offering for sale or selling Corning products at prices less than the “fair trade” prices stipulated by Corning in its “fair trade” contracts with Massachusetts retailers. Ann & Hope, which had never made such a contract, filed a plea in bar asserting that the so called nonsigner provision of the statute, G. L. c. 93, § 14B, is unconstitutional.
The statute was held constitutional in 1956 in General Elec. Co. v. Kimball Jewelers, Inc. 333…
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