ADDAMAX CORP. v. OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC.

No. 97-1807.

152 F.3d 48 (1998)

ADDAMAX CORPORATION, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. OPEN SOFTWARE FOUNDATION, INC., Digital Equipment Corporation and Hewlett-Packard Company, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan R. Kusinitz with whom Samuel Adams, Keith C. Long, and Warner & Stackpole LLP were on brief for appellant.

James C. Burling with whom Michelle D. Miller, Hale and Dorr LLP, William L. Patton, Jane E. Willis, Ropes & Gray, Kevin P. Light and Choate, Hall & Stewart were on brief for appellees.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and SHADUR, Senior District Judge.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Addamax Corporation brought a federal antitrust suit against Open Software Foundation ("OSF"), Hewlett-Packard Company and Digital Equipment Corporation. After a bench trial limited to the issues of causation and damages, the district court found that antitrust violations, even if they were assumed to have occurred, were not a material cause of Addamax's failure in the line of business at issue. Addamax now appeals and we affirm.

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