SHEPHERD PARK CITIZENS v. GENERAL CINEMA

No. 90-245.

584 A.2d 20 (1990)

The SHEPHERD PARK CITIZENS ASSOCIATION, et al., Appellants, v. GENERAL CINEMA BEVERAGES OF WASHINGTON, D.C., INC., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard S. Goodman, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

William J. Guzick and Lee H. Simowitz, with whom C. Benjamin Crisman, Jr., Gary A. MacDonald, Gerald A. Connell, and Peter B. Kenney, Jr., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., filed a statement in lieu of brief on behalf of the District of Columbia.

Before FERREN, BELSON, and FARRELL, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

In this appeal we reject challenges to an order of the trial court approving a settlement of antitrust litigation between the District of Columbia as parens patriae and two soft drink bottling companies.

I.

On September 9, 1988, the District of Columbia (the District) as parens patriae filed a complaint alleging that General Cinema Beverages of Washington, D.C., Inc. (GC-Washington) and the Mid-Atlantic Coca...

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