REITER v. SONOTONE CORP.

No. 77-1474.

579 F.2d 1077 (1978)

Kathleen R. REITER, Individually and as Representative of the class of all personal users of Hearing Aids located in the U. S., Appellee, v. SONOTONE CORPORATION, a New York Corporation, Beltone Electronics Corporation, an Illinois Corporation, Dahlberg Electronics, Inc., a Minn. Corporation, Textron, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Radioear Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1978.

Rehearing Denied August 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian R. Wilheim, Chicago, Ill. and Elliot S. Kaplan, Minneapolis, Minn., argued, for appellants.

John E. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn., argued and on brief, for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, WEBSTER, and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing En Banc Denied August 11, 1978.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Kathleen R. Reiter, commenced this class action for treble damages on May 2, 1975, against defendants-appellants, hearing aid manufacturers, under section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15 (1976). In her complaint, she alleged that these manufacturers by combining and conspiring to violate the antitrust laws had controlled their dealers' sales practices, particularly...

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