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CALNETICS CORP. v. VOLKSWAGEN OF AMERICA, INC.
Cite as 532 F.2d 674 (1976)
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    Disposition Location of
    Discussion
    in Opinion
    Complainant Respondent Cause of Action Relief
    Sought
    District
    Court
    9th
    Circuit
    1.  Calnetics & # Meier-Line VW, Subsidiary  § 7, Clayton Damages Directed verdict for VW & Subsidiary Reversed I. B.
    Equitable relief Divestiture
    Import ban
    Other remedies
    Reversed
    Questioned
    Questioned
    III. C. 1
    III. C. 3
    III. C.
    2. Calnetics VW, Subsidiary §§ 1, 2, Sherman Damages Sum. judg.* for VW & Subsidiary Reversed I. D.
    Equitable relief Sum. judg.* for VW & Subsidiary Reversed I. D.
    3. Calnetics Distributor §§ 1, 2, Sherman Both Sum. Judg. for Distributor Reversed I. A.
    4. VW, Subsidiary Calnetics §§ 1, 2, Sherman
    § 2(c), Clayton
    Both Sum. judg. for Calnetics Affirmed** I. C.
    5. Distributor Calnetics § 2(c), Robinson-Patman
    Pendent claims
    Damages? Denied leave to amend answer so as to assert cause of action Reversed V.
    6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attorney fee for Calnetics Reversed IV. A.
    7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costs for Calnetics Reversed IV. B.
    * After vacating an earlier denial of summary judgment for VW and Subsidiary.
    ** Summary judgment for Calnetics on Subsidiary’s non-Sherman Act counterclaims was vacated and remanded.

VW, a wholly owned subsidiary of the German automobile manufacturer (Volkswagenwerk A.G.), imports Volkswagen, Porsche, and Audi automobiles into the United States. On September 26, 1969, VW acquired a manufacturer of automobile air conditioning equipment, and changed its name to Volkswagen Products Corporation (Subsidiary). Approximately one year later, Calnetics, an independent manufacturer of automobile air conditioning equipment which previously sold to Distributor,