J. P. MASCARO & SONS, INC., Appellant,
v.
WILLIAM J. O'HARA, INC., O'Hara Sanitation Co., Inc., Globe Disposal Co., Inc., Sam's Keystone Sanitation Co., Inc., O'Neill and Sons, Inc., Pottstown Disposal Service, Inc., Santangelo Hauling Inc., The Refuse Disposal Association of Pennsylvania, Southeastern Chapter, Inc., Moyer's Landfill, Inc., Theodore S. A. Rubino and Samuel A. Rubino, doing business as Knickerbocker Sanitary Landfill, Roy Quinn, doing business as Roy Sanitation Company, William J. O'Hara, Earl Kelly, Jr., Howard F. Moyer, Jr., Paul Lanigan, Sam Monastero, Jr., Thomas D. O'Neill, Sr., Lesley Rinehart, Helen Santangelo and Gerald Thorpe, Appellees.
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Argued September 6, 1977.
Decided November 9, 1977.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Harold E. Kohn, Stuart H. Savett, Donald L. Weinberg, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P. C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.
Ralph W. Brenner, Carol A. Mager, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees Lesley Rinehart, Jr. and Pottstown Disposal Service, Inc.
James R. Caiola, Norristown, Pa., for appellees Santangelo Hauling, Inc. and Helen Santangelo.
Joseph W. Lonergan, Michael D. Marino, Norristown, Pa., for appellees Sam's Keystone Sanitation Co., Inc., and Sam Monastero, Jr.
Steven L. Friedman, Edward F. Mannino, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Levy, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees William J. O'Hara, Inc., O'Hara Sanitation Co., Inc., Globe Disposal Co., Inc., William J. O'Hara, Earl Kelly, Jr., Theodore S. A. Rubino and Samuel A. Rubino d/b/a Knickerbocker Sanitary Landfill, and The Refuse Disposal Association of Pennsylvania, Southeastern Chapter, Inc.
Arthur L. Jenkins, Jr., William J. Cattie, III, Smith, Aker, Grossman, Hollinger & Jenkins, Norristown, Pa., for appellees O'Neill and Sons, Inc., Moyer's Landfill, Inc., Roy Quinn d/b/a Roy Sanitation Company, Paul Lanigan, Thomas D. O'Neill, Sr., and Gerald Thorpe.
Before SEITZ, Chief Judge and GIBBONS and WEIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The parties to this Sherman Act case are in the extremely important but unglamorous enterprise of refuse collection. While the local nature of the venture is apparent, the interstate ramifications of the business are such that the plaintiff's arguments for federal court jurisdiction cannot be dismissed as rubbish. The effect on interstate commerce as alleged was substantial enough that the district court erred in...
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