NATIONAL AUTO BROKERS v. GEN. MOTORS CORP.

No. 160, Docket 77-7037.

572 F.2d 953 (1978)

NATIONAL AUTO BROKERS CORP., Frank Maiorana, Anthony Maiorana, General Auto Sales & Leasing, Inc., Dale Strimple, Ralph Ajello, as Administrator of the Estate of E. Louis Jamele, Deceased, Nabcor of East New York, Inc., and Alfred J. Young, Sr. d/b/a A. J. Young, Sr. Auto Sales, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Frederic G. Donner, James M. Roche, Bob Bain Chevrolet, Paul Batt Buick, Inc., Glen Campbell Chevrolet, Inc., Hamister-Gillogly Chevrolet, Inc., Paragon Oldsmobile, Inc., Niagara Frontier Automobile Dealers Association, Inc., and General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Person, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Martin Kleinbard, Lewis A. Kaplan, New York City (Moses Silverman, Howard S. Veisz, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees General Motors Corp. and General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Ellis, Kustell & Mullenhoff, Buffalo, N. Y. (Carl B. Kustell, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Bob Bain Chevrolet.

Borins, Halpern, Setel, Snitzer, Levy, Yellen & Fradin, P. C., Buffalo, N. Y. (Isadore Snitzer, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Glen Campbell Chevrolet, Inc.

Watson, McGarvey, Hetzelt & Bennett, Buffalo, N. Y. (Joseph L. Watson, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendants-appellees Gillogly Chevrolet, Inc. and Niagara Frontier Auto. Dealers Assn.

Lipkin & Weisberg, New York City (Sidney A. Weisberg, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Paragon Oldsmobile, Inc.

Brennan, Tesseyman, Zelman, Runfola & Brownstein, Buffalo, N. Y. (Ross L. Runfola, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee Paul Batt Buick, Inc.

Before MOORE, SMITH and MANSFIELD, Circuit Judges.


MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

This case demonstrates that unsound ideas cannot be turned into a profit through frivolous antitrust claims and costly litigation. National Auto Brokers Corporation (Nabcor) and several of its affiliates1 appeal from a judgment of the Southern District of New York dismissing their antitrust suit for $3.6 billion against General Motors (GM) and others,

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