Legal Opinion
Gainesville Utilities Department and City of Gainesville, Florida, Plaintiffs v. Florida Power and Light Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1978No. 76-1542PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
After ten years of litigation and one trip to the Supreme Court in a related case 1 , we finally reach the merits in this private antitrust suit. The City of Gainesville 2 contends that by resisting an interconnection with its municipal power system Florida Power & Light (P&L) violated both Sherman Act § 1 and § 2. 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-2. A jury found for the defendant on special verdicts, and the District Court denied a judgment n. o. v. After an extensive review of the record, we reverse on one ques tion only 3 . We hold that the evidence compels a finding that P&L…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bates v. State Bar of ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Goldfarb v. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- In Re Plywood Antitrust Litigation. French Quarter Apartments, Ltd. v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P. C., Movants-Appellees. Willamette Industries, Inc. v. Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P. C., Movants-Appellees. Lyman Lamb Co. v. Georgia-Pacific CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Apex Oil Co. v. DiMauroCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Ricky Hasbrouck, D/B/A Rick's Texaco v. Texaco, Inc., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Multiflex, Inc. v. Samuel Moore & Company, and Eaton CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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