REITER v. SONOTONE CORP.

No. 4-75-Civ. 206.

435 F.Supp. 933 (1977)

Kathleen R. REITER, Individually and as representative of the Class of All Personal Users of Hearing Aids located in the United States, Plaintiffs, v. SONOTONE CORPORATION, a New York corporation, Beltone Electronics Corporation, an Illinois corporation, Dahlberg Electronics, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Textron Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and Radioear Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

As Amended May 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Thomas, Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiffs.

James H. Levy and William I. Kampf, St. Paul, Minn., for Beltone Electronics; Julian R. Wilheim, Chicago, Ill., Fred L. Woodworth, Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, Detroit, Mich., of counsel.

Eugene M. Warlich, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., for Radio Ear Corp.

Elliot S. Kaplan and Deborah J. Palmer, Robins, Davis & Lyons, Minneapolis, Minn., for Textron Incorporated.

John M. Palmer, Levitt, Palmer, Bowman, Bearmon & Rotman, Minneapolis, Minn., for Dahlberg Electronics Corp.


LARSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Kathleen R. Reiter brings this antitrust action seeking damages and injunctive relief against five manufacturers of hearing aids. In her complaint she requests certification of a class consisting of all persons who have purchased hearing aids manufactured by any of the defendants. All defendants except Sonotone, which has not appeared in any proceeding in this case, move for dismissal or, in the alternative, for summary judgment....

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