Legal Opinion
Benjamin J. Butera v. Sun Oil Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 2, 1974No. 73-1358PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin J. Butera, owner of a retail gasoline station in Bangor, Maine, sued his supplier, Sun Oil Company, Inc., for treble damages, alleging that the “meter reading competitive allowance” (MRCA), Sun’s present system of adjusting its wholesale gasoline prices, is tantamount to illegal resale price maintenance in violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. The district court granted Sun’s motion for summary judgment and denied Butera’s cross motion. It ruled that Sun had done nothing beyond changing its wholesale prices to influence the retail price…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Colgate & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John D. Park & Sons Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. Parke, Davis & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Albrecht v. Herald Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by33 opinions
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- Aladdin Oil Company v. Texaco, Inc. And Poweram Oil Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- J.T. Gibbons, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Crawford Fitting Co., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Martin Ice Cream Co. v. Chipwich, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1983
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