R.D. IMPORTS RYNO INDUSTRIES v. MAZDA DISTRIBUTORS

No. 86-1087.

807 F.2d 1222 (1987)

R.D. IMPORTS RYNO INDUSTRIES, INC., d/b/a R.D. Ryno Mazda, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MAZDA DISTRIBUTORS (GULF), INC., and Mazda Motors of America (Central), Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Newton, Jr., Richard D. Milvenan, Robert C. Walters, Houston, Tex., Ky P. Ewing, Jr., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Catherine Griffith O'Sullivan, Washington, D.C., for amicus-USA.

B. Thomas McElroy, Dan McElroy, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, DAVIS, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Defendants appeal from an adverse jury verdict on federal antitrust and Dealers' Day in Court Act claims. Because we believe the district court erred in failing to grant defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, we reverse the judgment of the district court.

Background

R.D. Ryno Industries, Inc., d/b/a R.D. Ryno Mazda ("Ryno"), operated a Mazda automobile dealership in Fort Worth, Texas

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