Legal Opinion
In Re REA Express, Inc., Private Treble Damage, Etc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 18, 1976No. M.D.L. 115PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
A. The Parties
This antitrust case is now before us on defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff REA Express, Inc. (“REA”) was incorporated in 1928 by the nation’s railroads to provide an expedited transport service for small packages to the public. 1 Approximately eighty-six railroads held all of REA’s stock from the time of its formation until 1968. The shareholding railroads, together with some 300 short lines, 2 contracted with REA during this period to provide transport services to it. In 1969 nearly all the…
2Cases cited59 opinions
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Mt. Hood Stages, Inc., Dba Pacific Trailways v. The Greyhound Corporation and Greyhound Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Sentner v. AmtrakDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1982
- National Union Electric Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Mann v. Michael Industries, Inc. (In Re Inland Shoe Manufacturing Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri · 1988
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