Legal Opinion
Abercrombie v. Lum's Inc.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided June 14, 1972No. 71-602-CivPublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION, FINDINGS AND ORDER
KING, District Judge.
This antitrust suit was brought as a class action by Jack and Margaret Abercrombie and their franchisee corporations against their franchisor, Lum’s Inc., and its subsidiaries. Plaintiff seeks to represent approximately 400 past and present Lum’s franchisees in a class action.
Plaintiffs claim defendants violated §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act and § 3 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2, and 14) by imposing tying arrangements through their franchise agreements (Complt. fffl 14-16).
The question of whether to maintain this suit as a class action…
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