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McCALLUM v. CITY OF ATHENS, GA.

No. 91-8095.

976 F.2d 649 (1992)

William McCALLUM d/b/a Green Acres Coin Laundries and Concerned Water Users of Clarke County, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY of ATHENS, GA a/k/a The Mayor and Council of the City of Athens, GA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Butters, Atlanta, Ga., James F. Ponsoldt, Athens, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Denny C. Galis, Galis & Packer, Athens, Ga., Robert B. Langstaff, Albany, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

This case involves claims under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2 (1988), and the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 13 (1988), challenging a city's allegedly anticompetitive operation of a waterworks. We find that the city's anticompetitive conduct is protected from Sherman Act liability by the state action immunity doctrine under Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341, 63 S.Ct. 307, 87 L.Ed. 315...

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