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J. TRUETT PAYNE CO. v. CHRYSLER MOTORS CORP.

No. 79-1944.

451 U.S. 557 (1981)

J. TRUETT PAYNE CO., INC. v. CHRYSLER MOTORS CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Lee Reeves argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

J. Ross Forman III argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Thomas E. Deacy, Jr., E. Houston Harsha, and Alan I. Becker, for Cessna Aircraft Co., and by John T. Cusack and Gordon B. Nash, Jr., for Vanco Beverage, Inc.

JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question presented in this case is the appropriate measure of damages in a suit brought under § 2 (a) of the Clayton Act, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act.1

Petitioner, for several decades a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in Birmingham, Ala., went out of business in 1974. It subsequently brought suit against respondent in the...

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