Garment District, Inc. v. Belk Stores Services, Inc.

How later courts describe this case

• where the court in applying the Monsanto standard held that termination may be justified in order to avoid losing a disgruntled customer
• named plaintiff must have suffered the same type injury of those he purports to represent
• no anticompetitive agreement could be inferred where manufacturer and distributor pursued different goals
• “In light of Falcon, general statistical evidence of underrepresentation in the workforce will undoubtedly not suffice to justify a single class covering different types of discrimination such as in hiring, promotion, and discharge.”
• small player had little effect on wood-burning stove market