HYBUD EQUIPMENT CORP. v. CITY OF AKRON, OHIO

No. 83-3306.

742 F.2d 949 (1984)

HYBUD EQUIPMENT CORP., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF AKRON, OHIO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Brashares, argued, John H. Korns, (LC), Charles A. Samuels, Cladouhos & Brashares, Washington, D.C., Joseph Abdenour, Akron, Ohio, Francis X. Beytagh, Toledo, Ohio, John L. Wolfe, Akron, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edward J. Riegler (LC), W.F. Spicer, James L. Bickett, Akron, Ohio, Eben Crawford, argued, Cleveland, Ohio, John E. Holcomb, Akron, Ohio, William E. Schultz, Steven J. Schwartz, Timothy M. Hartman, Asst. Pros. Attys., Akron, Ohio, William Baughman, Jr., Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

John W. Pestle, Randall W. Kraker, Jeffrey S. Rueble, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, Mich., for amicus curiae Public Corp. Law Section of the State Bar of Mich., The Mich. Tps. Assoc. and Mich. Cities of Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Dearborn, Detroit, Flint, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Holland, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Livonia, Pontiac, Southfield, Traverse City and Troy.

Before MERRITT and MARTIN, Circuit Judges; BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case, which now makes its third appearance before this court, is one of the increasingly frequent challenges under the federal antitrust laws to the actions of state and municipal bodies. These actions raise fundamental questions about the balance of federal and state power and pose the inherent conflict between the national policy of free competition and the anticompetitive consequences of state regulation. This rapidly evolving...

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