CHUCK'S FEED & SEED CO., INC. v. RALSTON PURINA CO.

No. 85-2337.

810 F.2d 1289 (1987)

CHUCK'S FEED & SEED CO., INC., a corporation, Appellee, v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant. South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 9, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Bouch and Brad J. Waring (Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, Charleston, S.C., on brief), for appellant.

Richard S. Rosen (Susan C. Rosen, Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, Charleston, S.C., on brief), for appellee.

J. Brantley Phillips, Jr., Natalma M. McKnew, Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, Greenville, S.C., L. Sidney Connor IV, Nelson, Mullins, Grier & Scarborough, Myrtle Beach, S.C., William H. Davidson, II, Nauful & Ellis, Columbia, S.C., on brief, for amicus curiae.

Before MURNAGHAN and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 11, 1987.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Ralston Purina Company appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, based on a jury verdict, that it violated the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act by terminating its dealership relationship with Chuck's Feed & Seed Co. The case raises important questions concerning the scope of the South Carolina statute.

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