1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 964 F.2d
  5. 964 F.2d 335 (1992)
 

LIGGETT GROUP v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO

Nos. 90-1851, 90-1854, 91-1221.

964 F.2d 335 (1992)

LIGGETT GROUP, INCORPORATED, now named Brooke Group, Limited, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee, and Generic Products Corporation, Defendant. (Three Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1992.

As Amended May 11, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Areeda, Cambridge, Mass., argued (William H. Hogeland, Bruce Topman, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, Abraham D. Sofaer, John M. Townsend, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Washington, D.C., Jean E. Sharpe, Brooke Group, Ltd., New York City, Garret G. Rasmussen, C. Allen Foster, Kenneth L. Glazer, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Greensboro, N.C., Josiah S. Murray, III, James W. Dobbins, Liggett Group, Inc., Durham, N.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Griffin Boyette Bell, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., argued (Abbott B. Lipsky, Jr., King & Spalding, Atlanta, Ga., Norwood Robinson, Michael L. Robinson, Petree, Stockton & Robinson, Winston-Salem, N.C., Martin London, Daniel J. Leffell, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and HALL and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Liggett Group, Inc., charges Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation with pursuing a primary-line predatory pricing scheme in the sale of generic cigarettes during the period 1984-85 in violation of § 2(a) of the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 13(a). Liggett contends that Brown & Williamson charged below-average-variable-cost prices1 to force Liggett either to raise the prices...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases