[DOWNLOAD] "Willard Dairy Corp. v. National Dairy Products Corp." by The United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit. # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Willard Dairy Corp. v. National Dairy Products Corp.
- Author : The United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit.
- Release Date : January 16, 1962
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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MILLER, Chief Judge: Plaintiff, Willard Dairy Corporation, filed this action in the District Court to recover from the defendants treble damages under Section 2(a) of the Clayton Act, as amended by Section 1 of the Robinson-Patman Act, Section 13(a), Title 15, United States Code. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff was an Ohio corporation with its principal office and place of business at Willard, Huron County, Ohio, and was engaged in the processing and sale of dairy products within an approximate radius of forty miles of the Village of Willard; that the defendant National Dairy Products Corporation was incorporated under the laws of Delaware with its principal office in New York City; that the defendant Sealtest, Inc., was incorporated under the laws of Maryland, with its principal office in New York City; that said defendants were engaged in the processing, sale and distribution in interstate commerce of dairy products; that within the aforesaid marketing area of the plaintiff, the plaintiff and defendants were competitors in the wholesale of milk, plaintiff distributing its milk in said area from its only processing plant in Willard, and defendants distributing its milk in said area from defendants processing plant in Shelby, Ohio; that defendants also distributed milk from its processing plant in Shelby into an area outside the area of competition between plaintiff and defendants, that being the area in and around the City of Marion, Ohio; that for about two months prior to October 20, 1958, defendants and plaintiff each sold their respective milk, in the area of their competition, in glass containers at 38 cents per half-gallon and in paper containers at 41 cents per half-gallon; that on October 20, 1958, defendants reduced their prices of said milk in glass containers to 33 cents per half-gallon and in paper containers to 36 cents per half-gallon, but that said price reduction was not made with respect to sales made in and around the City of Marion, in which city the defendants maintained the prices at those prevailing prior to October 20, 1958; and that the milk sold by defendants in the area of competition and around the City of Marion and the milk sold by the plaintiff was of like grade and quality. The complaint alleged that the effect of the defendants price discrimination was to substantially lessen competition and to destroy competition with defendants by the plaintiff, and that in order to continue in the dairy business it was necessary for plaintiff to sell its milk at the same reduced prices put into effect by the defendants, thus causing the plaintiff loss of revenue and injuring plaintiffs competitive status. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff, as a result of the foregoing, had been damaged in the sum of $25,170.06, and sought damages in the triple amount of $75,510.18.