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Rebel Oil Co. v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

51 F.3d 1421 (9th Cir. 1995)

Relevant factsFree

Rebel Oil Company (plaintiff) sued Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) (defendant) for predatory pricing of self-serve, cash-only gasoline in Las Vegas, with both parties agreeing on the relevant geographic market but disputing the product market definition: Rebel argued the market should be limited to self-serve gasoline alone, while ARCO argued it should include both self-serve and full-serve gasoline, since full-service stations could easily convert to self-service. The district court agreed with ARCO's broader market definition, and Rebel appealed.

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Whether determining the relevant product market in an antitrust case requires consideration of the cross-elasticity of both demand and supply between the products in the proposed markets.

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