Fount-Wip, Inc. v. Reddi-Wip, Inc.

568 F.2d 1296 1978-1 Trade Cases 61,886 FOUNT-WIP, INC., a California Corporation, and National Fount-Wip Vegetable Products, Inc., an Illinois Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. REDDI-WIP, INC., a corporation, Hunt-Wesson Foods, Inc., a corporation, Marcus Lipsky, an Individual, Brookhill Farms, Inc., a corporation, Farm Fresh Sales, Inc., a corporation, and Chicago Fount-Wip Distributing Company, Inc., a corporation, Defendants-Respondents. No. 74-1818. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Feb. 6, 1978. Gary B. Lovell, Newport Beach, Cal. (argued), of Baltaxe & Klein, Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellant. Maxwell M. Blecher (argued), of Blecher, Collins & Hoecker, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before CHAMBERS and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and WONG, * District Judge. HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge: 1 The plaintiffs won this antitrust case before a jury, but promptly lost their victory when the district court granted defendants' motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and, in the alternative, their motion for a new trial. We affirm judgment for the defendants on the…