Kelly v. Kosuga, 358 U.S. 516 (1959)

Kelly v. Kosuga


No. 267


Argued January 22, 1959
Decided February 24, 1959
358 U.S. 516

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

In this suit brought in a Federal District Court on grounds of diversity of citizenship by a seller to recover from a buyer the unpaid balance due in respect to a lawful sale for a fair consideration, the District Court properly granted the plaintiff’s motion to strike an affirmative defense pleaded by the buyer to the effect that the sale was made pursuant to, and as an indivisible part of, an agreement which violated § 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Pp. 516-521.

257 F.2d 48 affirmed.