COSTNER v. BLOUNT NAT. BANK OF MARYVILLE, TENN.

No. 76-2515.

578 F.2d 1192 (1978)

Paul Kermit COSTNER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The BLOUNT NATIONAL BANK OF MARYVILLE, TENNESSEE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson C. Kramer, James A. Ridley, III, David E. Rodgers, Kramer, Johnson, Rayson, Greenwood & McVeigh, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

Norman H. Williams, J. Edward Ingram, Fowler, Rowntree, Fowler & Robertson, Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and RUBIN, District Judge.


MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

A jury found the defendant bank civilly liable for violating the anti-tying provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act, 12 U.S.C. § 1972 and the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. The Bank Holding Company Act in essence applies the general anti-tying principles of the Sherman Act to the context of commercial banking, by prohibiting a bank, when it makes a loan, from requiring in return some business or...

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