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Antitrust Keyed to Sullivan, 8th Ed.
Reiter v. Sonotone Corp.
Citation:
442 U.S. 330 (1979)Facts
Petitioner Reiter filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of herself and all persons in the United States who purchased hearing aids manufactured by five defendant corporations. Her complaint alleged that the defendants committed various antitrust violations, including vertical and horizontal price fixing, territorial restrictions on retail dealers, customer allocation, brand restrictions, misuse of customer lists, and conspiracy to fix retail prices. As a result of these alleged violations, Reiter and the proposed class members were forced to pay illegally inflated prices for hearing aids and related services purchased from the defendants’ retail dealers. Reiter sought treble damages and injunctive relief under Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act. The defendants moved to dismiss, arguing that Reiter, as a retail purchaser for personal use, lacked standing because she had not been injured in her “business or property” as required by Section 4.
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