PALMER NEWS, INC. v. ARA SERVICES, INC.

No. 75-254-C5.

476 F.Supp. 1176 (1979)

PALMER NEWS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. ARA SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Kansas.

August 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Waygood, Erica B. Baird, and Peter Aron of Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, New York City, and Charles D. McAtee of Eidson, Lewis, Porter & Haynes, Topeka, Kan., for plaintiffs.

John C. Noonan of Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Kansas City, Mo., William J. Kolasky, Jr., James S. Campbell, and Nancy C. Garrison of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D. C., and Michael J. Grady of Cosgrove, Webb & Oman, Topeka, Kan., for defendants ARA Services, Inc., et al.

Stuart H. Savett of Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant Curtis Circulation Co.

Irving Scher of Weil, Gotschal & Manges, New York City, and John Stumbo of Stumbo, Stumbo, Palmer, McAllister & Buening, Topeka, Kan., for defendant Independent News Co., Inc.

Allan M. Pepper of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, J. Michael Frascati of Lipton, Wasserstrom & DeGroot, New York City, for defendant International Circulation Distributors.

Gerald L. Goodell of Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds, Palmer & Wright, Topeka, Kan., for defendants Curtis Circulation Co. and International Circulation Distributors.

Vernon E. Vig and John W. Wall of Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, George A. Lowe of Lowe, Terry & Roberts, Olathe, Kan., for defendant Kable News Co.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ROGERS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This is a major antitrust action which could have a significant impact upon the industry which distributes periodicals and paperback books in this country. The distribution industry may be viewed as a ladder. The top rung consists of the publishers. The next lower rung is composed of the national distributors. Beneath the national distributors are the wholesalers, then the retailers, and...

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