UNITED MAGAZINE v. MURDOCH MAGAZINES DISTRIBUTION

No. 00 Civ. 3367(AGS).

146 F.Supp.2d 385 (2001)

UNITED MAGAZINE COMPANY, the Stoll Companies, Michiana News Service, Inc., Geo. R. Klein News Co., Central News Company, and the Scherer Companies, Plaintiffs, v. MURDOCH MAGAZINES DISTRIBUTION, INC., TV Guide Distribution, Inc., Curtis Circulation Company, Comag Marketing Group, LLC, Hearst Distribution Group, Inc., Kable News Company, Inc., Time Distribution Services, Inc., Warner Publisher Services, Inc., and Chas. Levy Circulating Co., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

May 31, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Person, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Philip G. Barber, Constantine & Partners, P.C., New York City, for Defendants Murdoch Magazines Distribution, Inc. and TV Guide Distribution, Inc.

George G. Gordon, Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York City, for Defendant Curtis Circulation Company.

Lawrence I. Fox, McDermott, Will & Emery, New York City, for Defendants Comag Marketing Group, LLC and Hearst Distribution Group, Inc.

I. Michael Bayda, Jacobs Persinger & Parker, New York City, for Defendant Kable News Company, Inc.

Irving Scher, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City, for Defendants Time Distribution Services, Inc. and Warner Publisher Services, Inc.

Richard L. Fenton, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, New York City, for Defendant Chas. Levy Circulating Co.


OPINION AND ORDER

SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, related companies in the magazine and book wholesale business, allege that defendants, a wholesaler and various magazine and book distributors, have violated antitrust laws, breached certain contracts, and committed certain torts. The wholesaler, defendant Chas. Levy Circulating Co. ("Levy"), and the distributor defendants (collectively the "Distributors...

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