Legal Opinion
Copper Liquor, Inc. v. Adolph Coors Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1975No. 73-3913PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
On May 14, 1970, the plaintiff, Harold Letcher,1 a retail liquor-store owner in Brownwood, Texas, brought this action under the Sherman AntiTrust Act of 1890, §§ 1 and 2,2 against the Adolph Coors Company. Letcher contended that Coleman Distributing Company, a Coors distributor, had refused to deliver Coors beer to him. At trial Letcher abandoned the claim under section two of the Sherman Act, and the court submitted the case to the jury only under section one. The jury found liability and assessed damages of $101,011. The trial court trebled the damages to $303,033, as…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- The Sommers Drug Stores Co. Employee Profit Sharing Trust, Cross-Appellant v. Corrigan Enterprises, Inc. And Walter N. Corrigan, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation v. Diversified Packaging CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Copper Liquor, Inc., Robert Earl Basham, Jr., or the Estate of Harold Letcher, Deceased, Cross-Appellant v. Adolph Coors Company, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Coleman Motor Co., a Pennsylvania Corporation v. Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
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