AUBURN NEWS CO., INC. v. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL CO.

No. 81-1047.

659 F.2d 273 (1981)

AUBURN NEWS COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr., Providence, R. I., with whom Edward F. Hindle, Edwards & Angell, Providence, R. I., Daniel C. Kaufman and Waddey, Lundin & Newport, Nashville, Tenn., were on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Frank Licht, Providence, R. I. and David L. Foster, New York City, with whom Richard A. Licht, Letts, Quinn & Licht, Providence, R. I., Howard C. Buschman, III, Richard L. Posen, Jack A. Pawa, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, Austin T. Stickells, Boston, Mass., Leonard Decof and Decof & Grimm, Providence, R. I., were on brief, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Providence Journal Company (Journal) and its wholly-owned subsidiary, defendant-appellant Southern New England News Distributors, Inc. (SNENDI) appeal from a preliminary injunction of the District Court for the District of Rhode Island, enjoining them from refusing to deal with plaintiffs-appellees, eighteen independent wholesale newspaper distributors, and from using their customer lists. We vacate that part of the preliminary...

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