PAUL KADAIR, INC. v. SONY CORP. OF AMERICA

No. 80-3972.

694 F.2d 1017 (1983)

PAUL KADAIR, INC., d/b/a Paul Kadair's Home & Commercial Audio, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Klein, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bernus Wm. Fischman, Lackshin & Nathan, Houston, Tex., for L.J. Paul & Associates.

Fenwick, Stone, Davis & West, Edmond C. Gregorian, Richard E. Levine, Palo Alto, Cal., for U.S. Pioneer Electronics.

Michael O'Keefe, Benjamin R. Slater, Jr., New Orleans, La., Hoken S. Seki, Chicago, Ill., for Melco Sales, Inc.

Richard B. Nevils, Baton Rouge, La., for Kadair's Sight & Sounds, Inc.

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Corinne Ann Morrison, New Orleans, La., for Dahlquist, Inc. & Tobias & Co.

Adams & Reese, Sam A. LeBlanc, III, New Orleans, La., for Bang & Olufsen of America.

Rosenmann, Colin, Freund, Lewis & Cohen, Marc Rowin, Asa D. Sokolow, New York City, Wallace A. Hunter, Baton Rouge, La., for Sony of America.

Dyer & Funderburk, Robert C. Funderburk, Baton Rouge, La., for Art Colley's Audio.

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Gordon A. Pugh, Baton Rouge, La., for Marantz, Inc. and Superscope, Inc.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Rutledge C. Clement, Jr., Margaret Ann Brown, New Orleans, La., for U.S. Pioneer Electronics Corp.

Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Fredrick R. Tulley, Baton Rouge, La., for Dobbs-Stanford & Yamaha Intern. Corp.

Hillis, Phillips, Cairncross, Clark & Martin, Mark S. Clark, Seattle, Wash., for Ogden Park, Phase Linear, Bose Corp.

Sanders, Downing, Kean & Cazedessu, William R. D'Armond, George K. Anding, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for Mill-Tronics, Miller & Assoc., Inc. and Plessey, Inc.

Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, Phillip A. Wittmann, James C. Gulotta, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Kenwood Electronics.

Jack C. Benjamin, New Orleans, La., for McIntosch Laboratory, Inc.

Cooper & Thompson, Baton Rouge, La., Gerald E. Fogerty, New York City, for Thorens Corp., and Elpa Marketing.

McCollister, McCleary, Fazio, Mixon & Holliday, Neil H. Mixon, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for Crown Intern.

Before GARZA, TATE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is a narrow, yet difficult one given the peculiar posture and particular facts of the case as developed in the court below. Specifically: did the district court abuse its discretion in denying appellant's request for discovery, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f) affidavits, on the ground of dilatoriness, followed by the dismissal of appellant's conclusory complaint under Section 1 of the Sherman Act...

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