SESSIONS TANK LINERS, INC. v. JOOR MFG., INC.

Nos. 86-6208, 86-6470.

827 F.2d 458 (1987)

SESSIONS TANK LINERS, INC. dba Southwest Tank Liners, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOOR MANUFACTURING, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxwell M. Blecher and Christopher Layne, Los Angeles, Cal., Laurie J. Orange, Sternberg, Eggers, Kidder & Fox, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

David E. Lundin, Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

William J. Meeske, Los Angeles, Cal., Alexander D. Thomson, Raymond A. Tabar, Whittier, Cal., Catherine G. O'Sullivan and Dean C. Graybill, Washington, D.C., for amici curiae.

Before SNEED, BOOCHEVER and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Joor Manufacturing (Joor) successfully sought to have the Western Fire Chiefs Association (WFCA) amend its influential model fire code in a manner disadvantageous to Sessions Tank Liners, Inc. (Sessions), a competitor. Sessions sued Joor for violating the Sherman Act. The district court granted the defendant summary judgment, ruling that the Noerr-Pennington doctrine exempted Joor's conduct from antitrust liability. Sessions appeals.<...

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