Legal Opinion
Banana Distributors, Inc. v. United Fruit Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 13, 1956PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
This is a private action seeking treble damages under the antitrust laws. Defendants have moved for an order striking plaintiffs’ interrogatories dated October 19, 1956.
Plaintiffs’ right to plead a broad monopoly and to seek broad and diversified relief has been upheld previously, D.C. S.D.N.Y.1955, 19 F.R.D. 11, as has their right to discover co-extensively with the pleadings. Judge Dimock on July 23, 1956, D.C., 19 F.R.D. 532.
The defendants do not contend that the information sought by the present interrogatories is irrelevant to. the assertions in the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Banana Distributors, Inc. v. United Fruit Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Banana Distributors, Inc. v. United Fruit Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1956
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