Baxley-DeLamar Monuments, Inc. v. American Cemetery Ass'n

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Once again we entertain an appeal in this antitrust case, which concerns an alleged practice of tying sales of gravestones and cemetery lots. In Baxley-DeLamar Monuments, Inc. v. American Cemetery Ass’n, 843 F.2d 1154 (8th Cir.1988) (Baxley I), we held that Baxley, a gravestone dealer, had adequately pleaded violations of §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2 (1988 & West Supp.1990)) against the defendant cemeteries and trade organizations.1 The case proceeded to a jury trial, and there was a verdict for the defendants. Baxley appeals, arguing that…