Legal Opinion
Uniondale Beer Co. v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided September 2, 1987No. Nos. 86 CV 2400, 86 CV 2516PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*342MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PLATT, District Judge.
This is a joint motion for class certification of a plaintiff class and a defendant class pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(a) and 23(b)(3).
Plaintiffs, beer retailers, allege that the “brewer defendants”1 the “franchised wholesaler” defendants2, and the defendant trade association have engaged in a single horizontal conspiracy to increase the price of beer charged retailers in the State of New York. They assert that this conspiracy was implemented through the use of exclusive territory agreements and that this conspiracy constitutes a per se violation of…
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- John J. Terrell, Plaintiff-Appelle v. Household Goods Carriers' BureauCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- In Re Master Key Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- American Jewish Congress v. Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
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