Legal Opinion
Lektro-Vend Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. The Vendo Company, a Missouri Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 4, 1976No. 75-1792, 75-1793PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
The overall question is whether the district court properly issued a preliminary injunction in this antitrust case, thereby staying enforcement proceedings in the Illinois state courts to collect two judgments entered in a suit on an employment contract that contained a noncompetition covenant. Among the specific issues raised is whether section 16 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 26, comes within the “expressly authorized” exception of the anti-injunction statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2283. We hold that it does. We also hold that the district judge did not abuse his discretion…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Mitchum v. FosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Amalgamated Clothing Workers v. Richman Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Prendergast v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Frietsch v. Refco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Lektro-Vend Corp. v. Vendo Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- David J. Fries v. Chicago & Northwestern Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Newburger, Loeb & Co. v. GrossCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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