PACKAGE SHOP, INC. v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC.

Civ. A. No. 83-0513.

675 F.Supp. 894 (1987)

The PACKAGE SHOP, INC., and Shalbor, Inc., t/a Butler's Liquor Store, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC., Crown Beer Distributors, Inc., Garden State Beverage Co., Harrison Beverage Co., High Grade Beverage t/a Mine Hill Distributing Company or High Grade Mine Hill, Hub Beer Distributors, Hub City Distributors, Inc., Konrad Beer Distributors, Inc., The Kristen Distributing Co., MS & W Distributors, Inc., Point Pleasant Distributors, Inc., Ritchie & Page Distributing Co., Inc., South Jersey Distributors Corp., Trip Distributors, Inc., and Warren Distributing Co., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

October 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hellring, Lindeman, Goldstein, Siegal & Stern by Jonathan L. Goldstein, Charles A. Oransky, Irwin P. Burzynski, Bruce S. Etterman, Newark, N.J., for plaintiffs.

Howrey & Simon by Peter E. Moll, Terrence C. Sheehy, Edwin H. Wheeler, Carmine R. Zarlenga, Washington, D.C. and Connell, Foley & Geiser by Richard D. Catenacci, Roseland, N.J., for Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Robinson, Wayne, Levin, Riccio & La Sala by Thomas D. Ruane, Joseph F. Lagrotteria, Paul J. Linker, Newark, N.J., for Crown Beer Distributors, Inc.

Mattson, Madden & Polito by Andrew S. Polito, Newark, N.J., for Harrison Beverage Co.

Soriano & Gross by Daniel C. Soriano, Jr., Somerville, N.J., for High Grade Beverage.

Clapp & Eisenberg by William J. O'Shaughnessy, Frederick S. Kessler, Kathy M. Hooke, Newark, N.J., for Konrad Beer Distributor, Inc.

Cummins, Dunn & Pashman by Robert E. Rochford, Hackensack, N.J., for Ritchie & Page Distributing Co., Inc.

Ellenport, Holsinger & Lehn, P.A. by John R. Holsinger, Roseland, N.J., for Hub Beer Distributors, Inc. and Hub City Distributors, Inc.

Paul Van Embden, Vineland, N.J., for Garden State Beverage Co.

Mackenzie, Welt, Duane & Maher by John D. North, Felice Londa, Woodbridge, N.J., for The Kristen Distributing Co.

Mc Glynn, Reed, Hense & Pecora by William E. McGlynn, Point Pleasant, N.J., for Point Pleasant Distributors.

Perskie, Nehmad & Grossman by John L. Grossman, Atlantic City, N.J., for South Jersey Distributors Corp.

Jeffer, Hartman, Hopkinson, Vogel, Coomber & Pfeiffer by Jerome A. Vogel, Richard J. Allen, Jr., Hawthorne, N.J., for Trip Distributors, Inc.

Flynn & Goracy by Edward R. Goracy, Westfield, N.J., for Warren Distributing Co.


OPINION

DEBEVOISE, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

The second amended complaint in this action, brought under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., and the New Jersey Antitrust Act, N.J.S.A. 56:9-1, et seq., alleges a horizontal conspiracy to allocate exclusive distributor territories among the wholesalers of Anheuser-Busch ("A-B") and Miller Brewing Company ("Miller") malt beverage products in the State of New...

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