STATE OF N.Y. BY ABRAMS v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.

86 CV 2345, 86 CV 2400, 86 CV 2516 and 86 CV 3227.

673 F.Supp. 664 (1987)

STATE OF NEW YORK by Robert ABRAMS, Attorney General, Plaintiff, v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., et al., Defendants. UNIONDALE BEER CO., INC., Plaintiff, v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., et al., Defendants. CUMBERLAND FARMS, INC., Plaintiff, v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., et al., Defendants. VASILIOW COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

November 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard W. Wagman, Golenbock and Barrell, New York City, for Midway Beverage Corp.

Ross Rhodes, Booth, Lipton & Lipton, c/o Parker, Chapin, Flattau & Klimpl and David Bershad, Milberg Weiss Bershad Specthrie & Lerach, New York City, for Vasiliow Co., Inc. and Budd Beverages, Inc.

David Beckwith, Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, Wis., for G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc.; Gary Hoppe, Olwine, Connelly, Chase, O'Donnell & Weyher, New York City, Local Counsel.

Jerome I. Chapman, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., for Miller Brewing Co.; Adeeb Fadel, Hunton & Williams, New York City, Local Counsel.

Peter E. Moll, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C. for Anheuser-Busch, Inc.; William Pelster, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, New York City, Local Counsel.

Hugh Latimer, Pepper, Hamilton & Sheetz, Washington, D.C., for The Stroh Brewery Co.; J. Douglas Richards, O'Sullivan, Graev, Karabell & Gross, New York City, Local Counsel.

Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., State of N.Y., New York State Dept. of Law by Alan Pfeffer, New York City, for State of N.Y.

Ernest Gellhorn, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., for N.Y. State Beer Wholesalers Ass'n.

Robert Getman, Kelley, Drye & Warren, New York City, for Boening Bros., Inc., and Jing Beer Distributors, Inc., d/b/a Union Beer Distributors.

Matthew Feigenbaum, Stein, Davidoff & Malito, New York City, for Reiters Beer Distributors, Inc.

Gerald J. Rodos, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, Pa., for Uniondale Beer Co., Inc.; Charles van de Walle, Martin, van de Walle, Guarino & Donahue, Great Neck, N.Y., Local Counsel.

Harold E. Kohn, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for Cumberland Farms, Inc.; Charles van de Walle, Martin, van de Walle, Guarino & Donahue, Great Neck, N.Y., Local Counsel.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

Defendants The Stroh Brewery Company ("Stroh") and G. Heileman Brewing Company, Inc. ("Heileman") move this Court for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 on the ground that there is no issue of material fact as to the question that they lack market power in a relevant market and hence they may not be held to have violated any antitrust law.

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