The court also concluded that there was sufficient evidence to permit a jury to find that but for petitioner's actions, the acquired centers would have gone out of business. The court held that if a jury were to make such findings, respondents would be entitled to damages for threefold the income they would have earned. Petitioner's petition for certiorari challenged the theory that the Court of Appeals had approved for awarding damages. The injury must reflect the anticompetitive effect of either the violation or of anticompetitive acts made possible by the violation. Petitioner is entitled under Fed.
Respondents remain free on remand to seek equitable relief.
523 F. 2d 262, vacated and remanded. Marshall, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. All graphics and HTML are copyright Anthony D. Becker 1994-2001. Send comments to the webmaster by clicking this link.