NIAGARA OF BUFFALO v. NIAGARA MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION, 100
| Decision Date | 31 December 1958 |
| Docket Number | Docket 25214.,No. 100,100 |
| Citation | 262 F.2d 106 |
| Parties | NIAGARA OF BUFFALO, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NIAGARA MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION, Defendant-Respondent. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Second Circuit |
Borins & Snitzer, Buffalo, N. Y., for plaintiff-appellant.
Jaeckle, Fleischmann, Kelly, Swart & Augspurger, Buffalo, N. Y., for defendant-respondent. John B. Walsh, Adelbert Fleischmann and Manly Fleischmann, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel.
Before SWAN, MEDINA and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.
This is an action under 15 U.S.C.A. § 15 to recover treble damages for alleged violations of the anti-trust laws. Defendant moved under Rule 12(b), Fed. Rules Civ.Proc. 28 U.S.C.A. to dismiss each count of the amended complaint for failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, and for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The motion was granted and the complaint dismissed.
In his opinion, reported in 161 F.Supp. 849, at page 850, the District Judge stated:
This view of the requisites of a complaint in anti-trust cases is incorrect. Nagler v. Admiral Corporation, 2 Cir., 248 F.2d 319. The motion should have been denied.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded.
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