Legal Opinion
Augusta News Company v. Hudson News Co., Portland News Co., and Hudson-Portland News Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 2, 2001No. 01-1269PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Chief Judge.
Augusta News brought this antitrust case in district court against Portland News, Hudson News, and Hudson-Portland News, LLC (the “LLC”). Augusta alleged violations of both section 2(c) of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 13(c), as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act, Pub. L. No. 74-692, 49 Stat. 1527 (1936), and section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § l. 1 After discovery was complete, the district court granted summary judgment on all counts for the defendants and Augusta appealed to this court. We begin with a statement of background facts.
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