From: [m--d--d] at [odyssee.net] (Jean Carrieres)
Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.misc,rec.games.miniatures.warhammer,rec.games.miniatures.misc
Subject: Re: Games Workshop is being sued
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 09:50:04 +0200

PRESS RELEASE

Albuquerque, New Mexico
September 26, 1995
Re: Legal Action:

The Armory, Inc and Greenfield Hobby Distributors, Inc and Wargames West
vs Games Workshop, Inc

On September 25th, 1995, a hearing was held in the chambers of the 2nd
Judicial Circuit District Court of Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The
court judge, The Honorable Diane Dal Santo, presided over the plaintiff
request for a temporary restraining order against Games Workshop. Based on
the potential damage to the three distributor plaintiffs, the requested
restraining order was granted by Judge Dal Santo at 10:45 Mountain
Standard Time and was effective immediately. The restraining order
provides for the following:

a. Enjoining Games Workshop from selling its products to plaintiffs' customers
b. Enjoining Games Workshop from selling its products to any retailer
customers that it had not sold to prior to August 15, 1995
c. Ordering Games Workshop to chage the pricing and terms and conditions
of sale (including shipping and delivery terms, schedules and priorities)
of its products to distributors and retailers to what they were prior to
September 1, 1995
d. Enjoining Games Workshop until further order of the court from changing
its prices or the terms and conditions of sales of its products to either
distributors or retailers in a way that would, as a practical matter,
impair the ability of Plaintiffs to continue to act as distributors of
Games Workshop's products
e. Enjoining Games Workshop from any future contact of any of the
plaintiff's present or future retail customers
f. Enjoining Games Workshop from imposing any credit limitations of
Plaintiffs' accounts which are more restrictive than the largest amount of
credit which plaintiffs had outstanding during the latest twelve months so
long as plaintiffs pay all amounts owed in accordance with Games
Workshop's normal credit terms

A preliminary injunction hearing will be scheduled within the next two
weeks, at which time the merits of the case will be fully heard. The
plaintiffs intend to file discovery motions for information which they
believe will more fully portray Games Workshop's alleged violations of the
law which include improper interference in business relationships, fraud,
and violations of the Federal Anti-Trust Act and New Mexico Trade Secrets
Act among others. Comments, discussion and/or known violations of the
above restraining orders should be forwarded by fax to 505-242-3540. The
plaintiffs are unavailable for further comment due to the sensitive nature
of this case.

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Well, more info for you guys to have fun with. As always, I have no
official opinions on the matter. Just keeping you all informed of the
developments as they come.

-- 
Jean Carrieres ([m--d--d] at [odyssee.net])
Dream Pod 9 -- Web page coming soon! :)

"The past tempts us, the present confuses us, and the future frightens us...and our lives slip away, moment by moment, lost in that vast, terrible in-between."