HOME PLACEMENT SERVICE v. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL CO.

Nos. 83-1923, 84-1096.

739 F.2d 671 (1984)

HOME PLACEMENT SERVICE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee. HOME PLACEMENT SERVICE, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1984.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing August 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Gonnella, Providence, R.I., with whom Ralph J. Gonnella, Ltd. Providence, R.I., was on brief, for Home Placement Service, Inc., et al.

Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr., Providence, R.I., with whom Edward F. Hindle, Knight Edwards, and Edwards & Angell, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for Providence Journal Company.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2. Plaintiffs-appellants, Home Placement Service, Inc., et al. (Home Placement) appeal the district court judgment on three grounds: the judge's refusal to recuse himself; the award of only nominal damages against defendant-appellee, The Providence Journal Company (Providence Journal); and the allegedly erroneous calculation of appellants...

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