Lektro-Vend Corp. v. Vendo Corp.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ROSZKOWSKI, District Judge.

This is an anti-trust action filed in 1965 by plaintiffs, Lektro-Vend Corporation (“Lektro-Vend”), Harry B. Stoner (“Stoner”), and Stoner Investments, Inc. (“Stoner Investments”) against defendant, the Vendo Company (“Vendo”). Plaintiffs allege that defendant’s acquisition of Stoner Manufacturing Corporation (the predecessor of Stoner Investments), in 1959, violated sections 1 and 2 of The Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1, 2 and Sections 4, 7, and 16 of The Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15, 18, and 26. For the reasons herein stated,…