Legal Opinion
Clipper Exxpress v. Rocky Mountain Motor Tariff Bureau, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1982No. 78-3684PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALARCON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Clipper Exxpress (Clipper) appeals from the entry of an order granting summary judgment for the defendant trucking companies and Rocky Mountain Motor Tariff Bureau (RMMTB) [hereinafter jointly referred to as defendants]. Clipper sued defendants for various antitrust violations arising from protests filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) by defendants with regard to certain shipping rates published1 by Clipper. The district court granted summary judgment for defendants based on (1) the Noerr-Pennington2 exception to the antitrust laws, which the…
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