Legal Opinion
Smithkline Corporation v. Eli Lilly and Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 3, 1978No. 77-1232PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The major question for decision is whether the district court in a non-jury trial erred in defining the relevant product market in a proceeding brought by SmithKline Corporation against Eli Lilly and Company under § 2 of the Sherman Act, which proscribes monopolies and attempts to monopolize. The court determined that the relevant product market is the nonprofit hospital market for a class of antibiotic drugs known as cephalosporins and that the relevant geographic market is the United States. Having so defined the relevant market, the court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by135 opinions
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