context: While B-S Steel disputes the appellees' claim that it only made a single purchase of 18.9 tons after April 3, 2001, the latest that it alleges making purchases is August 2001. B-S Steel has offered no basis for concluding that these purchases should be deemed reasonably contemporaneous with those made by B-S Steel's competitors after December 2001.
citation_a.signal: but see
citation_a.parenthetical: concluding that there was substantial evidence supporting FTC's determination that sales over a number of years occurred during the same time period where "the sales are of a single, fairly standardized item, widely sold in the area, and recur frequently during the years involved"
citation_a.sentence: But see Fred Meyer, Inc. v. FTC, 359 F.2d 351, 357 (9th Cir.1966) (concluding that there was substantial evidence supporting FTC’s determination that sales over a number of years occurred during the same time period where “the sales are of a single, fairly standardized item, widely sold in the area, and recur frequently during the years involved”), rev’d in part on other grounds, 390 U.S. 341, 88 S.Ct. 904, 19 L.Ed.2d 1222 (1968).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 493 F.2d 269, 272
citation_b.parenthetical: sixteen-month time span between promotional allowances for new or relocated car dealerships defeated Robinson-Patman Act claim
citation_b.sentence: See England v. Chrysler Corp., 493 F.2d 269, 272 (9th Cir.1974) (sixteen-month time span between promotional allowances for new or relocated car dealerships defeated Robinson-Patman Act claim); Atalanta Trading Corp. v. FTC, 258 F.2d 365, 371 (2d Cir.1958) (seven-month period between pork sales not contemporaneous); Maier-Schule GMC, Inc. v. Gen. Motors Corp., 780 F.Supp. 984, 989 (W.D.N.Y.1991) (no § 2(a) violation where plaintiff failed to show it made purchases in same year alleged violation occurred).