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COM. OF PA. EX REL. ZIMMERMAN v. PEPSICO, INC.

No. 87-5351.

836 F.2d 173 (1988)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, ex rel. LeRoy S. ZIMMERMAN, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. PEPSICO, INC., Allegheny Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company, Inc., and Confair Bottling Company, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Freund (Argued), Richard M. Steuer, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler, New York City, Rod J. Pera, Alan R. Boynton, Jr., McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, Pa., Gerard W. Casey, Robert K. Biggart, PepsiCo, Inc., Somers, N.Y., for appellees PepsiCo., Inc. and Allegheny Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., Inc.

James B. Kobak, Jr. (Argued), Robert J. Sisk, David W. Wiltenburg, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, J. David Smith, McCormick, Rieder, Nichols, Sarno, Bahl & Knecht, Williamsport, Pa., for appellee Confair Bottling Co., Inc.

Eugene F. Waye (Argued), LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Carl S. Hisiro, Kelly H. Greensmith, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellant.

Before SEITZ, HUTCHINSON and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The question for decision in this antitrust case of first impression under the Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act of 1980, 15 U.S.C. §§ 3501-3503, is whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as a parens patriae plaintiff, properly set forth a claim on which relief could be granted in its complaint against PepsiCo, Inc., a soft drink manufacturer, and two Pepsi-Cola bottlers. After affording...

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