Thomas G. Lovett, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of John Peterson Motors, Inc., Donald John Peterson, Individually v. General Motors Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• stating that until the district court entered judgment on all claims, it could consider earlier rulings on an issue
• noting that cases “routinely deny[] antitrust standing to a corporation’s sole shareholders, officers, employees, lessors, guarantors, and creditors”
• denying antitrust standing to sole shareholder where only alleged injury stemmed from failure of corporation caused by antitrust violation
• denying antitrust standing to sole shareholder where only alleged injury stemmed from failure of corporation caused by antitrust violation
• upholding a district court’s reconsideration of its own standing decision and noting that a district court may correct itself “to avoid later reversal” when the court is “convinced that [its earlier holding] is clearly erroneous and would work a manifest injustice.”
• upholding a district court’s reconsideration of its own standing decision and noting that a district court may correct itself “to avoid later reversal” when the court is “convinced that [its earlier holding] is clearly erroneous and would work a manifest injustice.”

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