Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Coastal Corp. v. Apex Oil Co.

Coastal Corp. v. Apex Oil Co., 484 U.S. 977 (1987)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-12-07
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • finding sufficient evidence of conspiracy based upon parallel behavior and evidence of telephone conversation between two defendants
  • “... the implausibility of a scheme will reduce the range of inferences that may permissibly be drawn from ambiguous evidence”
  • movant may meet initial burden "simply [by] pointing out that the plaintiff has failed to present any evidence to establish a necessary element of the cause of action”

Citator

UpLaw has not yet analyzed Coastal Corp. v. Apex Oil Co.. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.