Legal Opinion
Australia/Eastern U.S.A. Shipping Conference v. United States
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 19, 1982No. Civ. A. 80-1830PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOYCE HENS GREEN, District Judge.
The government seeks reconsideration of the Memorandum Opinion of December 23, 1981 insofar as it quashed certain paragraphs of the Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) on Noerr-Pennington grounds. Noerr and its progeny essentially hold that an antitrust violation cannot be predicated upon efforts to influence government to pass or enforce laws, to influence administrative agencies to take certain actions, or upon action in the courts. Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc., 365 U.S. 127, 81 S.Ct. 523, 5 L.Ed.2d 464…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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