AMF, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from summary judgments in a treble damage antitrust action *69brought by appellant AMF, Incorporated (“AMF”) against appellees, four major American automobile manufacturers and their trade association. AMF claims that appellees, acting in concert, by agreeing not to purchase AMF’s device, excluded it from the early market in methods to limit and control air pollution, and that such action caused commercial injury cognizable under Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15. Following the close of discovery, appellees moved for summary judgment contending…