Legal Opinion
Auburn News Co., Inc. v. Providence Journal Co.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 14, 1980No. Civ. A. 80-0446PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANCIS J. BOYLE, District Judge.
This action concerns alleged violation of Sections One and Two of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2 (1976), alleged violation of the analogous Rhode Island Antitrust statutes, R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-36-1, et seq. (Supp.1980), as well as an alleged breach of the common law duty not to wrongfully interfere with contractual relationships. The Plaintiffs seek a Preliminary Injunction pursuant to Rule 65(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
THE PARTIES
Plaintiffs are eighteen independent distributors who purchase at wholesale Defendants’…
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