Legal Opinion
International Raw Materials, Ltd. v. Stauffer Chemical Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 21, 1990No. 89-1546PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiff, International Raw Materials, Ltd. (“IRM”), from a summary dismissal of a suit alleging that the defendants, who include the major producers of soda ash in the United States, conspired to fix the rates of domestic termi-nalling services for soda ash in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1-7 (1988). The district court, 716 F.Supp. 188, treated the defendants’ motion to dismiss as a motion for summary judgment and granted it before the plaintiff was able to conduct effective discovery. The…
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