State Wholesale Grocers v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is a private action for treble damages and injunctive relief brought under .Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act. 1 Plaintiffs are twenty retail and two ■wholesale grocers located in the Chicago Metropolitan Area who bring this action on behalf of themselves and all retail and wholesale grocers similarly situ.ated as an alleged class suit under Rule 23(a) (3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. Defendants are 'The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (New Jersey), Woman’s Day, Inc,, General Foods Corporation, Hunt Foods, Inc., and the Morton…