Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “evidence that tends to exclude the possibility of independent action ... create[s] a jury issue”
• noting that choosing “among plausible interpretations of the evidence” is not appropriate at motion-to-dismiss stage
• requiring proof of a \conscious commitment to a common scheme designed to achieve an unlawful objective\
• plaintiff must \present direct or circumstantial evidence\ that reasonably tends to prove that the defendants were engaged in a conspiracy rather than acting independently
• fact finder may infer agreement from evidence that tends to exclude the possibility that entities acted independently
• “there must be direct or circumstantial evidence that reasonably tends to prove that the [conspirators] had a conscious commitment to a common scheme designed to achieve an unlawful objective”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).