WILSON P. ABRAHAM CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Plaintiff,
v.
TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC. and Frank T. Dooley, Defendants.
TEXAS INDUSTRIES, INC., Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
RADCLIFF MATERIALS et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees,
Jahncke Service, Third Party Defendant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 16, 1979.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 29, 1979.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Benjamin R. Slater, Jr., William J. Hamlin, New Orleans, La., for third-party plaintiff-appellant.
Stone, Pigman, Walther, Whittmann & Hutchinson, Stephen H. Kupperman, Ewell P. Walther, Jr., New Orleans, La., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, Dando B. Cellini, New Orleans, La., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, James A. Babst, New Orleans, La., for third-party defendants-appellees.
Bell, Boyd, Lloyd, Haddad & Burns by R. Clifford Potter, Chicago, Ill., for amicus curiae Boise Cascade Corp.
Mandell & Wright, Houston, Tx.; McGovern, Opperman & Paquin, Minneapolis, Mn.; Kohn, Millstein, & Cohen, Washington, D. C.; and Sachnoff, Schrager, Jones, Weaver & Rubenstein, Ltd., by Lowell E. Sachnoff, Chicago, Ill., for amici curiae plaintiffs in M.D.L. -310.
Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mills, Shirley, McMicken & Ecketl, Galveston, Tx.; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom, by Leslie H. Arps, New York City, for amici curiae Georgia-Pacific Corp., Westvaco Corp., and Packaging Corp. of America.
Kirkland & Ellis, by John H. Morrison, Chicago, Ill., for amici curiae Weyerhaeuser Co., and by Hammond E. Chaffetz, Chicago, Ill., for amici curiae Willamette Industries, Inc.
Before THORNBERRY, AINSWORTH and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 29, 1979.
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
Texas Industries, Inc., the defendant in a civil antitrust action, appeals the dismissal of its third-party complaint impleading its alleged coconspirators and seeking contribution. The sole issue is whether a right of contribution is available to an antitrust defendant under the federal antitrust laws. We hold that there is no such right of contribution.
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