A Federated Dept. Stores suit was dismissed.

A federal appeals court in New York upheld a lower court decision dismissing an antitrust suit brought by Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse against Federated. At the same time, the court reversed the dismissal of a breach of contract in the same suit against Esprit de Corp., a San Francisco clothing manufacturer. Burlington accused Federated of conspiring with Esprit to fix retail prices in violation of antitrust law and charged that Esprit discontinued sales to Burlington in violation of their contract.