(DOWNLOAD) "Dunn & Mavis Inc." by United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Dunn & Mavis Inc.
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit
- Release Date : January 18, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 54 KB
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Plaintiffs-appellants, Dunn & Mavis, Inc., and its affiliates, providers of auto transport services in the Detroit metropolitan area from auto assembly plants to railheads and other distribution points, allege that defendant, Nu-Car Driveaway, Inc., a competitor, and its affiliates, conspired with Chrysler Motors to drive plaintiffs out of business. The conspirators allegedly achieved this end by replacing Dunn & Mavis with Nu-Car as sole transporter at the Warren, Michigan, Chrysler plant, knowing that the loss of Chryslers transport business would destroy plaintiffs business. Plaintiffs assert violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. Their major argument is that "competitor inspired termination is not susceptible to 12(b) (6) dismissal" because it is a group boycott and a per se violation of the Act. The basic question presented is whether in the absence of otherwise actionable allegations of restraint of trade or monopolization an agreement or "conspiracy" between a single seller of transportation services (Nu-Car) and a single buyer (Chrysler) to drive a competing seller (Dunn & Mavis) out of business by no longer buying his services constitutes a group boycott in violation of the Act. We agree with District Judge Gilmore that the case is analogous to Ace Beer Distributors Inc. v. Kohn, Inc., 318 F.2d 283 (6th Cir. 1963), and affirm his decision dismissing the complaint for failure to state a cause of action.