General Leaseways, Inc. v. National Truck Leasing Association
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
744 F.2d 588 (1984)
Relevant factsFree
The NTLA (defendant) let small local truck lessors compete with national companies by having members reciprocally service each other's trucks nationwide, but restricted each member franchisee to operating only within a designated geographic territory; General Leaseways (plaintiff) violated those territorial restrictions and obtained a preliminary injunction preserving its NTLA membership pending trial, which the NTLA appealed.
IssueFree
Whether geographic market allocation among competitor franchisees is per se illegal under section 1 of the Sherman Act.
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