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Aft LAMIOFFICES r ' 1JVOLF, tiLOC'HG, S'O'HORR AND SO'LI'S'-COHEN COONSEL ' MORRIS WOLF O.HAYS'.SOLIS~-COHEM~ ROBERT B. WOLF LOUIS J:GOFFMAN TWELRTH FLOORi PACKARD BUILDING PHILIP WERNER AMRAMi . ALFREO: L WOLF' MORRISL.FORER DONALDBEAN SAMUEL M.LEVY. . HELEN ~.SPIGEL SAX ~~ MITCHELL.E: PANZER BERNARD. M: BORI SH PHILADELPHIA r.PA..19102 NATHAN SILBERSTEIN JOSEPH ~'.BRANOSCMAIN' RAYMONO.J. BRAOLEY FRANNUN POUL, GILBERT'HAN%JR! FRANKLIN H.SPITZER DONALO . W. HEDGES I DANIEL C.COHEN ROBERT E.WACHS . (215) LOCUST 9 -r000 WILLIAM J. GREEN ALBERT'C.BRASLOW' STANTON S.GSWALO' ANTHONY S. MINISI PAUL E:SNAPIRO JAYR.BAER' ALVINH.DORSKY ALBERT J. FELDMAN TELECOPIER'. LO ~. 9 -1069~~ ARC M.SILBERT ROBERT M[L BOOTE DAN'O J. KAUFMAN, ALLANIN.REUBEN ~ ROBERT A. EBENSTEIN : . STANLEY A.KOPPELMAM CARL W.SCHNEIOERMICMAEL, M. DEAN. HOWARD GITfIS. SEYMOUR KURLAND'. TIW X: 710:-670 -1927 ~ ARTHUR A:ZATZ'. DENNISL CONEN DAVID'. M: DORET ' ICNAEL'L.TEMIN EORGE'. M. BRANTZ'. WOLBLORR IPHA'. . . IANA. L.STROGATZ BE NJAMIN. D:GOLDMAN DAVID:R:GLYN. CHARLESG.KOPP ROBERTiM.SBGALI ALAN B. RUBENSTEIN HERMAN C. FALA ALA'NJ+OAVI'SLEONARD'J. ACOOPER RAGANA: M EN RT ALAN H.MOLOD. IN NlASHIN,GTONC PHILIP E: GARBER ALLAN J.SAMANSKY' STEVNENB. NING, MARY~KATHLEEN MITE* ' STEVEA:ARBITTIER JUDAN /. LABOVITZ' ELEYENTH FLOORCONMECTICUT BUILDING, BARRY'F: SCHWARTZ GEORG'.ER. BURRELL JR. EDWARDM.GL/CKMAN LOWELL'. M. DUBROW ' HENRY. F'.' MILLER , JAY. L.GOLOBERG'. 11SO'CONNECTICUT AVENUE,N1:W:. HENRYi L. SHRAGER MICHNEL N.BUOINI , L!INDAJ. BRYANTTERRI N G ' GERALORIESENBACM E HENRY A:GLA'OSTONE WASHINGTON, .D.C:20.036 . ROBERT'L BLACKSB R . ELBERO . . MANKO JOSEPH M . ROBERT' FIEBACH H (202) 783-3344 . E G BARBARA E:.ETKIND. . . DANIEL,B.'.LITWIN . . RONALD M. WIENER CABLE ADDRESS DAV1 D P. BUCHNOLTZ MORRIS P. HERSHMAN. JOSEPH S.FiNKELSTEINI MATTHEW'M. KAMENS. GE:RALD.J.MCCONOMYBERNARD CHANIN 1 WfLL!IAMJ. MOREHOUSEDANIEL PROMISLO WOLBLORRWASNOC BRUCE SI. KATCHER'. STEVEN E SMAFN R RICHARO E.LEVI'NE'. * . HAROLD: ACOBS LEONARD A BUCNI . E S ' SANDER M. BIEBER J ROBERT C. PODWIL . WILLIAM A:ROSOFF DENNISOAKES THOMASJ. GALLAGHER III LAURA A. FRIEDMANLEWI'S I GAMTMAN WIL!LIAM R THORN I JAMESA. ROSENSTEIN IVAN I. LIGHT OONALD K:JOSEPH , VIRGINIA' B. GOROAN, BARRYM. KLAYMAN, . DEBRA L.GRUENSTEINGERALOKORNGOLDi LODU'.coFFEVJUDITH. R. CONN' MICNAEL,M.:SMERMANJAMESS. BURNS ovember 9', 1979 ERNARO. LE'.EDIANE J.SIGMUND MAROLD.M..REA'L *NOTA'OMITTED IN PA. BY HAND Honorable Raymond J. Broderick United States District Court 10613 United States Courthouse 601 Market Street. Philadelphia, PA 19'106 Re: Schopenkopf d/b/a Vend-Mark v Brown and Williamson Tobacco'Corp., et al. E. D. P'a. C.A. #78-1592 Deaar~~ Judge~~ B!roid'erick: After the filing of our brief, there came to our attention the opinion of Judge Cahn iin' Edwardi J. Sweeney and'Sons, Inc, v Texaco, Inc., dated September 4, 1979 and reported at 162',9551of the CCH Trade Regulation Reporter. The case is' procedurally very similar to this action, in that it involved a directed verdict on Sherman Act and Robinson-Patman Act claims, followed by the Court's' own dispositionf of the claim for injunctive relief under the Robinson-Patman Act. One of the plaintiffs was a purchaser frosnl the defendant,' but the other two' were not. With respect to' the nonpurchaser plaintiffs, Judqe Cahn was therefore faced withth~e same argument made in this case: that in spitelof their lack of standing to' collect damages,, they could' be entitled toequitab'lerelief . Judge Cahn dealt with, the'arg,ument as follows: ` "Mission and Petroleum purchased Texaco' gasoline frornlSweeney on a cost-plus basis. E

-V1 VM'. B. S. & S-C. November 91, 1979 Honorable Raymond'J. Broderick Re: Schopenkopf et a71, v Brown & Williamson, et al. C.A. #7'8-159'2' Page 2 (Defendant's Exhibits 159, 160; N.T. 536- 538). Therefore they claim to have borne the cost of any discrimination experienced by Sweeney. Whatever the accuracy of this allegation, it fails to justify the granting of an injunction on these plaintiffs' be- half. By' plaintiffs' own admission, they purchased the product in question from Sweeney, not from Texaco. Thus, like the plaintiff in Klein v Lionel Corp., 237 F. 2d 13' (3rd Cir. 1956)' , plaintiffs Mission andlPetroleum are not purchasers within the meaning of the Robinson,Patm'an Act. See Kelly v General Motors Cbrp. [1977-1 TRADE' CASES 1161„287]',„ 425 F'. Supp. 13, 20' n. 6 (E~.. D. Pa. 1976). They are not entitled to any relief whatsoever in this lawsuit." (5 CCH Trade Reg. Rep., 1162,955 page 79,4!68) Respectfully, Franklin Poul for WOLF, BLOCK, SCHORR and SOLIS-COHEN FP:skh cc: Arnold Levin, Esquire John G. Harkins, Jr., Esquire. Charles C., Hileman, III, Esquire bco z Arthur J. B1r.evens"40001 Vice President & aenereZ Counsel. Diaae J., Sigaurnd', Bsquise

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