Legal Opinion
Association of Western Railways v. Riss & Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 25, 1962No. Nos. 16208, 16255, 16376PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.
Appellee Riss & Company, Inc. (Riss), an interstate trucker, sued 85 railroads, four railroad associations, and a public relations firm, charging them with conspiracy to monopolize and eliminate Riss’s competition in transportation of ammunition and explosives for the United States, in alleged violation of §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1, 2. The plaintiff .asked damages and injunctive relief. Many defendants were dismissed before trial. Two paid Riss $15,000 each for a covenant not to sue. Riss’s claim against the remaining 28 defendants was tried on…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Glenn Coal Co. v. Dickinson Fuel Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934
- Daniels v. CelesteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Noerr Motor Freight, Inc., in No. 12750 v. Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference, in No. 12751Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,714 Edwin J. Herpich v. Robert H. Wallace, Jack E. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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- Hylton Harman, Trustee of the Coffeyville Loan and Investment Company, Inc. v. The Valley National Bank of ArizonaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Ocean State Physicians Health Plan, Inc. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode IslandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- California Clippers, Inc. v. United States Soccer Football Ass'nDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1970
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