MID-WEST PAPER PRODUCTS CO. v. CONTINENTAL GROUP

Nos. 78-1736, 78-1746, 78-1776 and 78-1796.

596 F.2d 573 (1979)

MID-WEST PAPER PRODUCTS COMPANY, Appellant in No. 78-1736, v. CONTINENTAL GROUP, INC., American Bag and Paper Corporation, Chase Bag Company, Harley Corporation, St. Regis Paper Company. SHOPPING CART, INC., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellant in No. 78-1746, v. CONTINENTAL GROUP, INC., American Bag and Paper Corporation, Chase Bag Company, Harley Corporation, St. Regis Paper Company. 86TH STREET FOOD SPECIALTY, INC., C. G. Dairies, Inc. and 3 J'S Farms, Inc., Appellants in No. 78-1776, v. CONTINENTAL GROUP, INC., American Bag and Paper Corporation, Chase Bag Company, Harley Corporation, St. Regis Paper Company. MURRAY'S OF BAEDERWOOD, INC., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Appellant in No. 78-1796, v. CONTINENTAL GROUP, INC., American Bag and Paper Corporation, Chase Bag Company, Harley Corporation, St. Regis Paper Company.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1979.

As Amended April 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell A. Kramer (argued), Steven Kapustin, Stuart Peim, Kramer & Salus, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Mid-West Paper Products Co.

Patrick T. Ryan (argued), William J. Lehane, Wilson M. Brown, III, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., Larry L. Williams, Clifford, Warnke, Glass, McIlwain & Finney, Washington, D. C., for appellee Continental Group, Inc.

Arnold Levin (argued), Josephine Stamm, Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin & Creskoff, Philadelphia, Pa., Richard J. Molish, Langhorne, Pa., for appellant Shopping Cart, Inc.

Edward C. German, Joseph Manta, Philip A. Ryan, LaBrum & Doak, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee American Bag and Paper Corp.

Richard D. Greenfield, Bala Cynwyd, Pa., Philip Stephen Fuoco, Haddonfield, N. J., Eric L. Keisman, Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for appellants 86th Street Food Specialty, Inc., C. G. Dairies, Inc., and 3 J's Farms, Inc.

Henry T. Reath (argued), Michael M. Baylson, Peter J. Hoffman, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Chase Bag Co.

Bernard M. Gross, Warren Rubin (argued), Gross & Sklar, P. C., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Murray's of Baederwood, Inc.

Benjamin M. Quigg, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., Michael L. Denger, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D. C., for appellee Harley Corp.

Ralph W. Brenner (argued), T. Michael Mather, Steven R. Fischer, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., H. Richard Wachtel, Grant S. Lewis, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, New York City, for appellee St. Regis Paper Co.

Before ALDISERT, ADAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal we are called upon to apply the teaching of Illinois Brick Co. v. State of Illinois, 431 U.S. 720, 97 S.Ct. 2061, 52 L.Ed.2d 707 (1977), to a number of settings, all in the context of a series of antitrust actions brought against manufacturers of consumer bags, alleging illegal price fixing under the Sherman Act and seeking both treble damages and injunctive...

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