METRIX WAREHOUSE v. DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

Nos. 86-3522(L), 86-3523.

828 F.2d 1033 (1987)

METRIX WAREHOUSE, INC., Appellee, v. DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Defendant, and MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., Appellant, v. Carl SCHWARTZ, Third-Party Defendant, Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association; Automotive Service Industry Association; Automotive Parts and Accessories Association; Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association, Amicus Curiae. METRIX WAREHOUSE, INC., Appellant, v. DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Defendant, and MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., Appellee, v. Carl SCHWARTZ, Appellant, Motor & Equipment Manufactureres Association; Automotive Service Industry Association; Automotive Parts & Accessories Association; Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Walter (William C. Sammons, Thomas M. Wilson, III, Tydings & Rosenberg, Baltimore, Md., Donald J. Zoeller, Joel Davidow, David A. Vaughan, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, Allan G. Freund, Wayne H. Samson, Montvale, N.J., on brief), for appellant.

Dale A. Cooter (Judith L. Gelber, Cooter & Gell, H. Kenneth Kudon, Levin, Rosenstein & Kudon, Washington, D.C., David M. Sapiro, Sapiro & Gottlieb, East Brunswick, N.J., Barry L. Steelman, Kaplan & Kaplan, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Harold T. Halfpenny, Louis R. Marchese, Halfpenny, Hahn & Roche, Chicago, Ill., on brief, for amicus curiae Automotive Service Industry Ass'n.

Basil J. Mezines, David U. Fierst, Stein, Mitchell & Mezines, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amicus curiae Automotive Warehouse Distributors Ass'n.

Marc L. Fleischaker, Gary M. Sircus, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amicus curiae The Motor and Equipment Mfrs. Ass'n.

Barry J. Cutler, O'Connor & Hannan, Washington, D.C., on brief, for amicus curiae Automotive Parts & Accessories Ass'n.

Before SPROUSE, ERVIN and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 20, 1987.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Metrix Warehouse, Inc., (Metrix) brought the underlying action in this case against Mercedes-Benz of North America (MBNA) under Section 1 of the Sherman Act.1 MBNA filed a counterclaim grounded on Section 2(c) of the Robinson-Patman Act.2 This is an interlocutory appeal from...

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