ANDERSON NEWS, L.L.C. v. AMERICAN MEDIA, INC.

Docket No. 10-4591-cv.

680 F.3d 162 (2012)

ANDERSON NEWS, L.L.C., Lloyd T. Whitaker, as the Assignee under an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors for Anderson Services, L.L.C., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN MEDIA, INC., Bauer Publishing Co., LP, Curtis Circulation Company, Distribution Services, Inc., Hachette Filipacchi Media, U.S., Hudson News Distributors LLC, Kable Distribution Services, Inc., Rodale, Inc., Time Inc., Time/Warner Retail Sales & Marketing, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, The News Group, LP, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Kellogg , Washington D.C. ( Aaron M. Panner , Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, Washington D.C., Marc Rowin , Thomas P. Lynch , Lynch, Rowin, New York, NY, Marc E. Kasowitz , Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

David G. Keyko , New York, NY ( Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman , New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees American Media, Inc., and Distribution Services, Inc.

Barry J. Brett , New York, NY ( Daniel N. Anziska , Troutman Sanders, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee Bauer Publishing Co., LP.

Dechert , New York, NY ( George G. Gordon , Joseph F. Donley , New York, NY, of counsel), submitted a brief for Defendant-Appellee Curtis Circulation Company.

Jones Day, New York, NY ( Meir Feder , D. Theodore Rave , of counsel), submitted a brief for Defendant-Appellee Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc.

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C. ( D. Jarrett Arp , Cynthia E. Richman , of counsel), submitted a brief for Defendant-Appellee Hudson News Distributors L.L.C.

McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, New York, NY ( I. Michael Bayda , Jay A. Katz , of counsel), submitted a brief for Defendant-Appellee Kable Distribution Services, Inc.

Winston & Strawn, New York, NY ( John M. Hadlock , of counsel), submitted a brief for Defendant-Appellee Rodale, Inc.

Rowan D. Wilson , New York, NY ( Thomas G. Rafferty , Margaret E. Lynaugh , Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Time Inc. and Time/Warner Retail Sales & Marketing, Inc.

Before: KEARSE, LEVAL, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Anderson News, L.L.C., and Lloyd T. Whitaker, as assignee for the benefit of creditors for Anderson Services, L.L.C. (collectively "Anderson"), appeal (1) from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Paul A. Crotty, Judge, dismissing their complaint alleging that defendants-appellees, who were suppliers and business competitors of Anderson, conspired to drive Anderson out of business...

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