Legal Opinion
Smith v. Denny's Restaurants, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 27, 1974No. Nos. C-72-1143 SW, C-72-1205 UHBPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs have commenced this suit against Denny’s Restaurants and others for alleged antitrust violations and ask the Court to declare as a class all persons who have operated either a Denny’s Restaurant or Sam’s Roast Beef Shop under one of two standard franchise agreements.
Their basic antitrust claim is that defendants created illegal tying arrangements by conditioning the grant of franchises on the promise of franchisees to purchase certain supplies and services from defendants, or their designated suppliers, at fixed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Dolgow v. AndersonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1968
- Siegel v. Chicken Delight, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 1967
- Richard Gray v. Shell Oil Company, Shell Oil Company, Cross-Appellant v. Richard Gray, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Abercrombie v. Lum's Inc.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1972
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Alabama v. Blue Bird Body Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- The State Of Alabama v. Blue Bird Body CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Ungar v. Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- Shumate & Company, Inc. v. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Shumate & Company, Inc. v. American Stock ExchangeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Ungar v. Dunkin' Donuts of America, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
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