Legal Opinion
Spencer v. Sun Oil Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided November 30, 1950No. Civ. 3134PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
In this anti-trust action by fifty-eight individual Meriden gasoline dealers against Sun Oil Company and four of its retail gasoline dealers, lessees of stations owned or leased by the Company in the Meriden case, application was made for a temporary injunction.
The complaint seeks damages and injunctive relief based on alleged violation of the Borah-Van Nuys section of the RobinsonPatman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 13a.
The individual defendants move to dismiss.
The defendant company moves for summary judgment.
The first defense contention is that 13a is a penal provision only,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Mercoid Corp. v. Mid-Continent Investment Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Stafford v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation v. KeenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1946
- Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Trade CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Cliff Food Stores, Inc. v. Kroger, Inc. And Bilo, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Bailey's Bakery, Ltd. v. Continental Baking CompanyDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1964
- Walker Oil Company, Inc., and Big S Oil Company v. Hudson Oil Company of Missouri, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Myers v. Shell Oil Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1951
- Savon Gas Stations No. 6, Inc. v. Shell Oil CompanyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1962
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