Opinion ID: 2999248
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Group Boycott Claim

Text: Reifert also asks this Court to consider the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants on his group boycott claim. A group boycott traditionally occurs when a particular group or individual is prohibited from joining an organization. “Where there are no exclusionary conditions attached to Realtor board membership, and there is no contention that the cost is prohibitively high, it is difficult to see any affront to competition.” Pomanowski v. Monmouth County Bd. of Realtors, 446 A.2d 83, 92 (N.J. 1982). In the instant case, no licensed real estate agent was denied access to SCWMLS because of an anti-competitive measure. To prove a group boycott, a plaintiff must establish that the membership requirement has had an adverse impact upon competition in the market for the tied product. As stated above, Reifert has failed to demonstrate the existence of a competitive market for Realtors Association memberships. Thus, there is no need to balance the procompetitive effects of the Realtors Association membership 14 No. 05-3601 requirement against its anti-competitive effects. See Buyer’s Corner Realty, Inc., 410 F. Supp. 2d at 583-84 (citing O’Riordan, 707 F. Supp. at 116).