CROWN BEVERAGE CO. v. CERVECERIA MOCTEZUMA

No. 79-3357.

663 F.2d 886 (1981)

CROWN BEVERAGE CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CERVECERIA MOCTEZUMA, S.A., and Moctezuma Imports, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Tenoso Sturdevant, Alioto & Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Meeske, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendants-appellees; Carl W. Witschy, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and WEIGEL, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Cerveceria Moctezuma transferred the exclusive distributorship of its Mexican beers from Crown to Moctezuma Imports, a newly-formed subsidiary of Moctezuma. Crown alleges violations of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act and breach of the distributorship contract. The district court granted summary judgment on the Sherman Act claims and dismissed the contract claim. We affirm.

Absent an anticompetitive...

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