RCM SUPPLY CO., INC. v. HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC.

No. 81-1662.

686 F.2d 1074 (1982)

RCM SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., Appellee, v. HUNTER DOUGLAS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Hunter Douglas, NV, a Netherlands Antilles Corporation, Appellants, and Whittaker Corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 7, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor S. Friedman, New York City (William M. Pinzler, Eric H. Queen, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, Thomas D. Washburne, Ober, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants.

Paul V. Niemeyer, John E. Griffith, Jr., William L. Marbury, Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, Md. (Leonard R. Goldstein, Goldstein & Ahalt, College Park, Md., Chartered, on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Attacked by this appeal is a judgment for $4,268,627.00, awarded for injuries resulting from an alleged violation of the Federal antitrust laws and the common law of Maryland. Our inspection of the briefs and record in this singularly complex case discloses certain infirmities fatal to the judgment. We therefore reverse.

I. Facts

The principal parties in this litigation are three corporations: Hunter...

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