Legal Opinion
Fount-Wip, Inc. v. Reddi-Wip, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1978No. 74-1818PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs won this antitrust case before a jury, but promptly lost their victory when the district court granted defendants’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and, in the alternative, their motion for a new trial. We affirm judgment for the defendants on the Sherman Act, Section 2 and Clayton Act, Section 7 claims, but we remand plaintiffs’ Sherman Act, Section 1 claim for a new trial because the district court could not properly take away from the jury that portion of the case.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
- Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Brown Shoe Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. Colgate & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Landes Construction Co., Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Royal Bank of Canada, Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- California Computer Products, Inc. And Century Data Systems, Inc., Plaintiffs v. International Business MacHines CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Air-Sea Forwarders, Inc. v. Air Asia Company, Ltd., and E-Systems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Stuart M. Kaplan, as Trustee in Bankruptcy for Palmer Data Corporation D/B/A Computerminal v. Burroughs CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Aladdin Oil Company v. Texaco, Inc. And Poweram Oil Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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