Legal Opinion
Eli Lilly & Co. v. Schwegmann Bros. Giant Super Markets
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 13, 1953No. Civ. 3678PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
The plaintiff, a manufacturer of drug products, seeks an injunction restraining the defendants, operators of two supermarkets- in the City of New Orleans, from selling its products below the minimum retail sale price fixed pursuant to the Louisiana Fair Trade Act. 1 Defendants, admitting sales in violation of the act, challenge its constitutionality as well as .the constitutionality of the McGuire Act, 2 which exempts state fair trade acts from the provisions of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 3
The Louisiana Fair Trade Act is similar to the fair trade acts now in existence…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Carter v. Carter Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Sunbeam Corp. v. Payless Drug StoresDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1953
- General Electric Co. v. KleinSupreme Court of Delaware · 1954
- Sunbeam Corporation v. RichardsonDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1956
- Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Schwegmann Bros. Giant Super MarketsDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1954
- Lionel Corp. v. Grayson-Robinson StoresNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1953
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