Legal Opinion
Mead Johnson & Co. v. West Chester Discount, Health & Vitamin Center, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 31, 1962No. Civ. A. 31997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FREEDMAN, District Judge.
This is a fair trade case in which the plaintiff seeks a preliminary injunction against a retail discount store. The basic facts are undisputed.
A number of interesting questions are presented, each of which warrants separate consideration.
1. The fair trade contract which establishes the prices plaintiff seeks to maintain is with a pharmacy. Admittedly plaintiff sells none of its products to the pharmacy or to any other retailers; all its sales are to wholesalers, hospitals and nursing homes. The contract provides that whereas the plaintiff’s com modities are…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. McKesson & Robbins, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Burche Co. v. General Electric Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- General Electric Co. v. Kimball Jewelers, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Esso Standard Oil Company v. Secatore's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957
- Pepsodent Co. v. Krauss Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Charles W. Bowen, Jr., D/B/A Suburbia News Delivery Service v. New York News, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- John J. & Warren H. Graham v. Triangle Publications, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- Bowen v. New York News, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- V. & L. Cicione, Inc. v. C. Schmidt & Sons, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
- Mead Johnson & Co. v. Chester Discount Health & Vitamin CenterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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