Filco v. Amana Refrigeration

709 F.2d 1257 1983-1 Trade Cases 65,450 , 13 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 693 FILCO, a California partnership, Anton J. Saca, Ilham Saca, Rose M. Karadsheh, and Nahil Altenhofen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMANA REFRIGERATION, INC., a Delaware corporation; Lamco Appliance, Inc., a California corporation and Boulevard T.V. & Appliance, Inc., a California corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 81-4604. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 14, 1982. Decided June 10, 1983. Joseph E. Burke, Burke & Sharpe, Sacramento, Cal., Mario N. Alioto, Alioto & Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Stephen J. Holtman, Simmons, Perrine, Albright & Ellwood, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Carole Hogan, Hardy, Erick & Brown, Robert H. Johnson, Johnson & Hoffman, Sacramento, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before MERRILL, WALLACE, and NELSON, Circuit Judges. WALLACE, Circuit Judge: 1 Filco sued alleging that Amana Refrigeration, Inc. (Amana), Boulevard T.V. & Appliance, Inc. (Boulevard) and Lamco Appliance, Inc. (Lamco) conspired to fix prices in violation…