Legal Opinion
Quality Discount Tires, Inc. v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 31, 1978No. [No. 47, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEldridge, J.
This is the first case to reach this Court involving the Maryland Antitrust Act, Maryland Code (1975, 1977 Cum. Supp.), §§ 11-201 — 11-213 of the Commercial Law Article. The plaintiff in a private action under that statute here challenges the granting of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.
The testimony developed at trial tended to establish that in September 1972, Quality Discount Tires, Inc., the plaintiff, entered into a dealership agreement with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, the defendant. 1 According to the terms of the agreement, Firestone, inter alia, was obligated…
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