COM. OF PA. v. MID-ATLANTIC TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS

Nos. 82-1131 to 82-1133.

704 F.2d 125 (1983)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA on its own behalf and as Parens Patriae, Appellee, v. MID-ATLANTIC TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Carecraft Industries, Ltd., Frederick R. Weisman, and Al Sweet Motor Sales, Inc., Allegheny Toyota, Inc., Bel Air Motors, Inc., Bergman Toyota, Inc., Bob Mayberry Chevrolet-Toyota, Inc., Bud Haas Toyota Motors, Inc., Falconi Toyota Motors, Inc., Joel Confer AMC, Inc., Knobloch Toyota Park, Inc., McCracklin-Sturman Toyota, Inc., Meadville Toyota, Inc., Montgomery Toyota, Inc., Rohrich Cadillac, Inc., Suburban Toyota, Inc., Trostle Oldsmobile, Inc., University Toyota, Inc., Belvin J. Kishbaugh, Inc., Bobart, Inc., Continental Motor Sales Co., Inc., Hartman Motorcars Co., J.H. Bennett, Inc., James W. Halterman, Inc., Lancaster Toyota, Inc., Performance Motors, Inc., R.D. Ertley Toyota, Inc., Richard Auto Sales, Inc., Valley Toyota, Inc., A.S. Berman, Inc., Airport Toyota, Inc., Central City Toyota, Inc., Charles A. Bott, Inc., Chester Mack Toyota, Inc., Foster Toyota, Inc., Henry Kehl Enterprises, Inc., Peter Alan Toyota, Inc., Sloane Toyota, Inc., Speedcraft Enterprises, Inc., Thompson Toyota, Inc., Tony Biscotte, Inc., Appellants. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ex rel. ROGERS, Appellee, v. MID-ATLANTIC TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Carecraft Industries, Ltd., Frederick R. Weisman, and Rosenthal Toyota, Inc., Silver Spring Toyota, Inc., Appellants. MARYLAND ex rel. SACHS, Delaware ex rel. Gebelein, Appellees, v. MID-ATLANTIC TOYOTA DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Carecraft Industries, Ltd., Frederick R. Weisman, Anton Motors, Inc., Schaefer/May Motors Sales, Ltd., Torrey, Inc., Castle Toyota, Inc., Croyste Toyota, Inc., Waldorf Toyota, Inc., Younger Toyota, Inc., Annapolis-Toyota, Inc., Rosenthal Toyota, Inc., Silver Spring Toyota, Inc., Fulker Toyota, Inc., Jones Plymouth, Inc., Fredericktown Toyota, Inc., Toyota Village, Inc., R & H Motor Cars, Ltd., Russell Motor Cars, Inc., Schaefer & Strohminger, Inc., Best Toyota, Inc., Laurel Toyota, Inc., Premier Motor Co., Inc., Timonium Toyota, Inc., Royal Imports of Delaware, Inc., Airport Toyota, Inc., C.F. Schwartz Motor Company, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Murphy, Washington, D.C. (Raymond W. Bergan, Scott Blake Harris, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., on brief), Michael G. Charapp, Washington, D.C. (Basil J. Mezines, Jacob A. Stein, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, D.C., on brief), Francis P. Newell, Philadelphia, Pa. (Craig E. Zeigler, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoades, Philadelphia, Pa., on brief), for appellants.

Robert W. Hesselbacher, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md. (Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., Charles O. Monk, II, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Chief, Antitrust Div., Michael F. Brockmeyer, Francis John Gorman, Asst. Attys. Gen., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before PHILLIPS and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and WALTER E. BLACK, Jr., United States District Judge, sitting by designation.


JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

This interlocutory appeal has been certified, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), on the question whether the state attorneys general of Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, and the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia, may maintain statutory parens patriae damage actions under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15c-15h...

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