BENDER v. SOUTHLAND CORP.

No. 83-1525.

749 F.2d 1205 (1984)

Paul BENDER, Plaintiff, George and Diane DeCarlo, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George DeCarlo, Diane DeCarlo, Charles Spinks, Shirley Spinks, pro se.

Steven P. Resnick (argued), Bereano & Resnick, Annapolis, Md., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Francis E. Bentley, David Ettinger, Mark J. Spooner, Boris Feldman, Arnold & Porter, Peter Bleakley (argued), Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before EDWARDS and CONTIE, Circuit Judges, and BELL, District Judge.


CONTIE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, who are franchisees of 7-Eleven convenience stores, appeal from a summary judgment rendered in favor of defendant Southland Corporation, the franchisor. The plaintiffs' complaint filed on October 2, 1981 accused Southland of vertical price fixing (Count I) and imposing a tying arrangement (Count II) in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1 (Sherman Antitrust Act) and of racketeering (Count III) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962...

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