BLACK v. ACME MARKETS, INC.

No. 76-3040

564 F.2d 681 (1977)

A. L. BLACK et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ACME MARKETS, INC., et al., Defendants, First National Stores, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Green, Hereford, Tex., Joseph M. Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles I. Thompson, Jr., James D. Coleman, Philadelphia, Pa., A. W. Sorelle, III, Harlow Sprouse, Amarillo, Tex., for First Nat. Stores.

Chester Bedell, John A. DeVault, III, Charles P. Pillans, III, Jacksonville, Fla., for Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.

Robert H. Smith, Amarillo, Tex., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for Acme Markets, Inc.

Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for National Provisioner, Inc.

Jess B. Hawley, Boise, Idaho, for Albertson's Inc.

Gerald S. Cook, Detroit, Mich., for Allied Super Markets, Inc.

Alf R. Brandin, San Francisco, Cal., for Arden Mayfair.

William D. Baker, Phoenix, Ariz., for Circle K Corp.

George B. Haley, Atlanta, Ga., for Colonial Stores.

Before TUTTLE, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order granting defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue. The defendant, First National Stores, is one of a large group of supermarket chains whom the plaintiffs, Texas producers and feeders of cattle, accuse of conspiring together to depress the price of beef in violation of the anti-trust laws.1 The defendant is a Massachusetts corporation with...

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