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· 6/7/1972

Petersen v. Rath Packing Co.

Citations

  • 461 F.2d 312
  • 80 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2833

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that \coercion may be implied from a showing that an appreciable number of buyers have accepted burdensome terms\
  • noting that “coercion may be implied from a showing that an appreciable number of buyers have accepted burdensome terms, such as a tie-in”
  • finding evidence of coercion when a cemetery contract required buyers of cemetery lots to buy gravesite care service and monuments from the seller with up to 350% price mark-ups
  • coercion occurs when the buyer must accept the tied item and forego possibly desirable substitutes
  • purchasers of cemetery lots were required to purchase memorials from or through the cemetery

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Judges: Lay

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