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CALLAHAN v. A.E.V., INC.

No. 98-3456.

182 F.3d 237 (1999)

Michael W. CALLAHAN; Perry Beer Inc.; Peter G. Petousis; Norman Bernardi; Kathleen A. Kapres; Pete's Beer Inc.; Lisa Martin; Anthony Santaguida; Thomas Santaguida; A.L. Abromovitz; Carl N. Altenhof; Douglas J. Berthold; Brew-Thru, Inc.; Allen E. Braun; Spike's Beer Distributor, Inc.; Dino A. Deflavio; Carole A. DeMarco; Fred Demsher; E & C Price Distributing, Inc.; Frisch Distributing Co. Inc.; Sara J. Kelly; Mary Lou Libell; The Beer Warehouse; Armando Novelli; Martin P. Pekor; T.C. Valley Beer & Pop Company, Inc.; Loretta J. Perri; Green Valley Distributing Co., Inc.; Maryanne Santaguida; Ingeborg G. Schindler; Dennis Senneway; Michael T. Voelker; Voelker Distributing, Inc., Appellants, v. A.E.V., INC., a corporation, Beer and Pop Warehouse, Inc., a corporation; Brandt Distributors of Pittsburgh, a corporation; Earl Brandt, an individual; Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Company, a corporation; Frank B. Fuhrer, Jr., an individual; Jet Distributors, Inc., a corporation; Alfred M. Lutheran Distributors, Inc., a corporation; James Lutheran, an individual; Q.F.A., INC., a corporation; Red Sky, Inc., a corporation; Retail Services and Systems, Inc., a corporation; David J. Trone, an individual.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed June 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Jerome M. Marcus (Argued), Bart D. Cohen, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.

Roslyn M. Litman (Argued), Martha S. Helmreich, Litman, Litman, Harris and Brown, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellees A.E.V., Inc.; Beer & POP Warehouse, Inc.; Jet Distributors, Inc.; Q.F.A., Inc.; Red Sky, Inc.; Retail Services and Systems, Inc.; David J. Trone.

Michael Yablonski (Argued), Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Appellees Frank B. Fuhrer Wholesale Company and Frank B. Fuhrer, Jr.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, LEWIS and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge:

Prior to 1985, the retail sale of beer in the Pittsburgh area was conducted exclusively by "mom and pop"-type beer distributorships, such as those operated by plaintiff Michael W. Callahan and his fifteen co-plaintiffs. In that year, defendant David Trone opened the first "Beer World" store, a supermarket-style beer distributorship ten times the size of the traditional...

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