NELLIGAN v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY

No. 7725.

262 F.2d 556 (1959)

Robert D. NELLIGAN and Owen B. Nelligan, Jr., partners doing business under the partnership name of The Nelligans, Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron N. Krotinger, Cleveland, Ohio, and Thomas A. Wofford, Greenville, S. C. (Mendelsohn, Krotinger & Lane, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief), for appellants.

J. D. Todd, Jr., Greenville, S. C. (Wesley M. Walker and Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, Greenville, S. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and THOMSEN, District Judge.


THOMSEN, District Judge.

This is another private antitrust action against Ford Motor Company in which a franchise dealer claims that the sales agreements and advertising agreements which he was forced to sign in order to retain his dealership violated both the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-7, 15 note, 12 et seq. In Miller Motors, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., 4 Cir., 252 F.2d 441, this court held that under...

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