BUSTOP SHELTERS v. CONVENIENCE & SAFETY CORP.

No. 80 Civ. 6123 (GLG).

521 F.Supp. 989 (1981)

BUSTOP SHELTERS, INC., Plaintiff, v. CONVENIENCE & SAFETY CORPORATION, Saul Steinberg, Henry Silverman, Jack E. Bronston, Rosenman, Colin, Freund, Lewis & Cohen, Harrison J. Goldin, Jay Wells, Richard Wells, Jr., and the City of New York, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

September 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives, New York City, for plaintiffs; Paul Windels, Jr., Raymond T. Munsell, Anthony A. Dean, E. Miles Prentice, III, Cynthia A. Clark, New York City, of counsel.

Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, for defendants Convenience & Safety Corp., Saul Steinberg and Henry Silverman; Chester J. Straub, Lawrence O. Kamin, David G. Trachtenberg, New York City, of counsel.

Warshaw, Burstein, Cohen, Schlesinger & Kuh, New York City, for defendant Jack E. Bronston, Richard H. Kuh, New York City, of counsel.

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, Rosenman, Colin, Freund, Lewis & Cohen, New York City, for defendant Rosenman, Colin, Freund, Lewis & Cohen; Robert P. Patterson, Jr., Frederick T. Davis, Christine H. Miller, Leslie C. Levin, Arnold I. Roth, Alan L. Doochin, New York City, of counsel.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants City of New York, Harrison J. Goldin and Richard Wells, Jr.; Doron Gopstein, Richard Higgins, Isaac Klepfish, New York City, of counsel.

Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn & Berman, New York City, for defendant Jay Wells; Matthew Silverman, George B. Yankwitt, New York City, of counsel.


OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This antitrust action (with pendent state law claims) concerns the much publicized, much litigated, and much investigated competition for the bus stop shelter franchise in New York City. A brief outline of the facts and the previous litigations will suffice for the purpose of deciding the instant motions to dismiss.

Facts

In 1974, the plaintiff, BusTop Shelters, Inc. ("BusTop"), approached New York...

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