HESTER v. MARTINDALE-HUBBELL, INC.

No. 76-0048-CIV-5.

493 F.Supp. 335 (1980)

Oma H. HESTER, Jr., Plaintiff, v. MARTINDALE-HUBBELL, INC., American Bar Association and North Carolina State Bar, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. North Carolina, Raleigh Division.

May 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noel Lee Allen, Barringer, Allen & Pinnix, Raleigh, N. C., for plaintiff.

W. F. Womble, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, N. C., for defendant Martindale-Hubbell.

John V. Hunter, III, Hunter & Wharton, Raleigh, N. C., for defendant American Bar Assoc.

H. D. Coley, Jr., Raleigh, N. C., for defendant N. C. Bar Assoc.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION And ORDER

DUPREE, Chief Judge.

In this antitrust action, plaintiff Hester, an attorney and member of the North Carolina bar, claims he has been unlawfully discriminated against as a result of the advertising policy of defendant Martindale-Hubbell, Inc. According to the plaintiff, Martindale's policy and practice of listing attorneys in its Legal Directory has injured and continues to injure him in the establishment of his law practice...

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