Legal Opinion
Carpa, Inc. v. Ward Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 28, 1976No. 75-1206PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is a private Sherman Act antitrust lawsuit. It was brought by three plaintiffs: (1) franchisee Payne; (2) his solely owned shell corporation, Carpa, which succeeded to the franchise; and (3) Boone. Payne had been a close personal friend of one of the defendants, Bill Martin, for thirty years. Boone was Martin’s brother-in-law. The other defendant, Ward Foods, Inc., had bought Martin’s operations in 1968.
Boone and Payne, heavily indebted to Martin and his companies, got a jury verdict and treble damages for economic injuries allegedly caused by the imposition of…
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