Legal Opinion

Image Technical Service, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 1, 1990No. 88-2686PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants are independent service organizations, or ISOs, that service copier and micrographic equipment manufactured by appellee Eastman Kodak Co. They appeal summary judgment dismissing their antitrust claims against Kodak. We reverse and remand.

At the heart of this case are two of Kodak’s business policies: First, Kodak will not sell replacement parts for its equipment to Kodak equipment owners unless they agree not to use ISOs. Second, Kodak will not knowingly sell replacement parts to ISOs. Kodak admits that the purpose of these policies is to prevent ISOs from…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  4. In Re Indepen. Serv. Organiz. Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1997
  5. CSU Holdings, Inc. v. Xerox Corp.District Court, D. Kansas · 1997

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