VIRGINIA VERMICULITE, LTD. v. W.R. GRACE & CO.

Nos. 97-1698, 97-1699 and 97-1807.

156 F.3d 535 (1998)

VIRGINIA VERMICULITE, LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, and M.F. Peers, Jr.; Norma Peers, Plaintiffs, v. W.R. GRACE & COMPANY— CONNECTICUT, Defendant-Appellee. M.F. PEERS, JR.; Norma Peers; Virginia Vermiculite, Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W.R. GRACE & COMPANY— CONNECTICUT, Defendant-Appellee. VIRGINIA VERMICULITE, LIMITED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. W.R. GRACE & COMPANY—CONNECTICUT; The Historic Green Springs, Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees. National Trust for Historic Preservation; The Land Trust Alliance, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Einer Richard Elhauge, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Appellants. Charles Hubert Montange, Seattle, Washington; Randolph S. Sherman, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York, New York, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: David Z. Izakowitz, Jane Champion Clarke, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, P.L.C., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant Virginia Vermiculite; Roger S. Martin, Martin & Woodard, P.L.C., Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellants Peers. David S. Copeland, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York, New York; Thomas E. Albro, Patricia D. McGraw, Tremblay & Smith, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee W.R. Grace.

Before LUTTIG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

LUTTIG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Virginia Vermiculite, Limited and M.F. Peers, Jr. and Norma Peers appeal from the district court's dismissal of their claims against defendants W.R. Grace & Company and Historic Green Springs, Incorporated, brought under section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and Virginia law...

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