In Re Multidistrict Vehicle Air Pollution. Amf, Incorporated

591 F.2d 68 1979-1 Trade Cases 62,529 In re MULTIDISTRICT VEHICLE AIR POLLUTION. AMF, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Ford Motor Company, Chrysler Corporation, American Motors Corporation and Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 76-1648. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Feb. 14, 1979. Howard Adler (argued), Bergson, Borkland, Margolis & Adler, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant. James G. Hunter, Jr. (argued), Hedland, Hunter & Lynch, Chicago, Ill., Philip K. Verleger (argued), of McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before SNEED and HUG, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * District Judge. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 This is an appeal from summary judgments in a treble damage antitrust action brought by appellant AMF, Incorporated ("AMF") against appellees, four major American automobile manufacturers and their trade association. AMF claims that appellees, acting in concert, by agreeing not to purchase AMF's device, excluded it from the early market in methods to limit…