Legal Opinion
Copper Liquor, Inc. v. Adolph Coors Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 20, 1980No. 78-3209PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal we consider for the second time the Sherman Act suit brought by Harold Letcher1 against the Adolph Coors Company. Letcher initiated this action in March 1970 to recover damages that allegedly resulted when a Coors distributor, Coleman Distributing Company, refused to sell Coors beer to Letcher’s store. A jury found Coors liable to the plaintiff under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and the district court awarded damages and attorneys’ fees.2 In 1975 this Court upheld the district court’s finding of Sherman Act liability, but remanded the case…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- 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
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3Cited by124 opinions
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- Martha Johnson and Delores J. Ceballos, Etc. v. University College of the University of Alabama in Birmingham George W. Campbell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- John Furtado v. Harold BishopCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- State of Illinois v. Sangamo Construction Co. And J. L. Simmons Company, Inc., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
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