IN RE JAPANESE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LIT.

Nos. 80-2080, 81-2331, 81-2332 and 81-2333.

723 F.2d 319 (1983)

In re JAPANESE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION (D.C.MDL No. 189). Appeal of ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION and National Union Electric Corporation. In re JAPANESE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION (D.C.MDL No. 189). ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION, Appellant v. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., et al. (D.C.Civ. No. 74-2451). In re JAPANESE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION (D.C.MDL No. 189). NATIONAL UNION ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Appellant v. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., et al. (D.C.Civ. No. 74-3247). In re JAPANESE ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION (D.C.MDL No. 189). ZENITH RADIO CORPORATION v. MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., et al. (D.C.Civ. No. 74-2451).

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin P. Rome (argued), Morris L. Weisberg, William H. Roberts, Arnold I. Kalman, Kathleen Herzog Larkin, Norman E. Greenspan, Margaret B. Dardess, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants, Zenith Radio Corp. and Nat. Union Elec. Corp.; Philip J. Curtis, John Borst, Jr., Zenith Radio Corp., Glenview, Ill., of counsel.

Asa D. Sokolow, Renee J. Roberts, Brian G. Lustbader, Rosenman, Colin, Freund, Lewis & Cohen, New York City, Joshua F. Greenberg, Randolph S. Sherman, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, Franklin Poul, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Sony Corp. and Sony Corp. of America.

Louis A. Lehr, Jr., Stanley M. Lipnick, John L. Ropiequet, Carol R. Kanter, Arnstein, Gluck & Lehr, Chicago, Ill., Harry A. Short, Jr., Liebert, Short, Fitzpatrick & Lavin, Philadelphia, Pa., Philip M. Knox, Jr., Charles A. Tausche, Ann M. Coons, Law Dept. of counsel. Sears, Roebuck and Co. Chicago, Ill., Attorneys for Appellee, Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Henry T. Reath, Terry R. Broderick, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, Ill., Hoken S. Seki, Seki, Jarvis & Lynch, Chicago, Ill., John T. Dolan, Arnold B. Calmann, Crummy, Del Deo, Dolan & Purcell, Newark, N.J., for appellee, Mitsubishi Elec. Corp.

Charles F. Schirmeister, Charles Z. Krueger, Reid & Priest, New York City, Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr., Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsubishi Intern. Corp.

Donald Zoeller, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander, New York City, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., Liaison Counsel for appellees, for Toshiba defendants.

Whitman & Ransom, New York City, Hunt, Kerr, Bloom, Hitchner, O'Brien & Conrad, Philadelphia, Pa., for Sanyo appellees.

Thomas P. Coffey, E. Houston Harsha, Karl F. Nygren, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, Philadelphia, Pa., for Motorola appellee.

Peter J. Gartland, Peter A. Dankin, Lance Gotthoffer, Edward H. Martin, Wender, Murase & White, New York City, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for Sharp appellees.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., Ira M. Millstein, A. Paul Victor, Joel B. Harris, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for Matsushita appellees.

Carl W. Schwarz (argued), William H. Barrett, Metzger, Shadyac & Schwarz, Washington, D.C., for Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Kaden Hanbai Kabushiki Kaisha and Hitachi Sales Corp. of America.

H. William Tanaka, Lawrence R. Walders, B. Jenkins Middleton, Tanaka, Walders & Ritger, Washington, D.C., for Hitachi, Ltd., et al.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, GIBBONS and MESKILL, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

The procedural history of this complex antitrust litigation has been set forth in the immediately preceding opinion. As described in that opinion, plaintiffs are Zenith Radio Corporation [Zenith] and National Union Electric Corporation [NUE]. Defendants are various Japanese and American companies. This opinion addresses plaintiffs' claims under section 801 of the Revenue...

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