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· 6/25/1990

Sun Dun, Inc. of Washington v. Coca-Cola Co.

Citations

  • 740 F. Supp. 381
  • 1990 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7813
  • 1990 WL 87562

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “an attempt to allege the necessary market power by aggregating the market power of several defendants is mere tautology”
  • indicating that, “in order to sustain a charge of monopolization or attempted monopolization, a plaintiff must allege the necessary market domination of a particular defendant”
  • dismissing monopolization and attempted monopolization claims alleging a shared monopoly theory of liability
  • dismissing monopolization and attempted monopolization claims alleging a shared monopoly theory of liability
  • allegation that two competitors conspired to monopolize a market through horizontal arrangements is more appropriately deemed an allegation of oligopoly which is not actionable under Section 2
  • “Allegations that a group of defendants together possess dominant market power may state a Section 1 claim of oligopoly, but ... ‘an oligopoly, or shared monopoly, does not in itself violate Section 2 of the Sherman Act.’ ”

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Judges: Smalkin

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