Business 8th Edition by Marianne Jennings

تمرين 8

Denny's is a full-service marine dealer located near Peru, Indiana, that sells fishing boats, motors, trailers, and marine accessories in the central Indiana market. Renfro Productions and others are marine dealers in the same market area that compete with Denny's to sell boats to Indiana consumers. CIMDAis a trade association of marine dealers in that area. Renfro and others are producers of two boat shows held annually at the Indiana State Fairgrounds (the "Fairgrounds Shows"). The February Fairgrounds Show (the "Spring Show") originated nearly a century ago. It is one of the top three boat shows in the United States, attracting between 160,000 and 191,000 consumers annually. The October show (the "Fall Show") is smaller and began in 1987.
Denny's participated in the Fall Show in 1988,1989, and 1990; it participated in the Spring Show in 1989 and 1990. At all of these shows Denny's was successful, apparently because it encouraged its customers to shop the other dealers and then come to Denny's for a lower price. During and after the 1989 Spring Show, some of the other dealers began to complain about Denny's sales methods. After the 1990 Spring Show, these dealers apparently spent a good part of one CIMDA meeting "vent[ing] their. frustration" about Denny's. The complaints escalated. As a result, Renfro informed Denny's that after the 1990 Fall Show (in which Denny's was contractually entitled to participate), it could no longer participate in the Fairgrounds Shows. Is this an antitrust violation? [ Denny's Marina, Inc. v Renfro Productions, Inc., 8 F3d 1217 (7th Or. 1993)