Legal Opinion
Westmoreland Asbestos Co. v. Johns-Manville Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 10, 1941PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KNOX, District Judge.
Defendants have moved for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as it purports to state a claim for relief in favor of Westmoreland Asbestos Company, Inc., and Home Insulation Company, Inc.
The action, by way of a consolidated complaint, seeks treble damages under the AntiTrust laws, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., it being alleged that defendants conspired to obtain a monopoly of the business in which plaintiffs were engaged.
One of the defenses pleaded in the answers is that the claims of the aforementioned plaintiffs were discharged by a general release which they…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Kirchner v. New Home Sewing MacHine Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Donaldson v. FarwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Donaldson, Assignee v. FarwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Foster & Kleiser Co. v. Special Site Sign Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
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