573 SW2d 346 (1978). Ira L. MENDELL, Roger S. Smith and Leonard Yaseen, d/b/a
Hopkinsville Associates, a partnership, Appellants, v. GOLDEN-FARLEY OF
HOPKINSVILLE, INC., Appellee. Court of Appeals of Kentucky. January 6, 1978. ...
... The Noerr-Pennington doctrine, developed by the United States Supreme Court in antitrust cases,
provides that "activities within the normal scope of petitioning which represent attempts to secure
anticompetitive governmental responses are exempt from antitrust liability." David ...
... Brownsboro answered by denial and counter-claimed for damages, alleging in the counter-claim
(1) anticipatory breach and (2) certain federal antitrust violations. ... 1981). Appellant claims that,
in any event, his antitrust claim should have been dismissed without prejudice. ...