SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
CATALANO, INC., et al. v. TARGET SALES, INC., et al.
446 U.S. 643
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.
Decided May 27, 1980
Held:
An alleged agreement among respondent wholesalers to eliminate short-term trade credit formerly granted to beer retailers and to require the retailers to make payment in cash, either in advance or upon delivery, is plainly anticompetitive as being tantamount to an agreement to eliminate discounts, and thus falls squarely within the traditional antitrust rule of per se illegality of price fixing, without further examination under the rule of reason.
Certiorari granted; 605 F.2d 1097, reversed and remanded.