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KIEFER-STEWART CO. v. SEAGRAM & SONS.

No. 297.

340 U.S. 211 (1951)

71 S.Ct. 259

95 L.Ed. 219

KIEFER-STEWART CO. v. JOSEPH E. SEAGRAM & SONS, INC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Daniels and Paul A. Porter argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Paul Y. Davis argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Joseph M. Hartfield and Thomas Kiernan.

Solicitor General Perlman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Underhill and Charles H. Weston filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting petitioner.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Kiefer-Stewart Company, is an Indiana drug concern which does a wholesale liquor business. Respondents, Seagram and Calvert corporations, are affiliated companies that sell liquor in interstate commerce to Indiana wholesalers. Petitioner brought this action in a federal district court for treble damages under the Sherman Act. 15 U. S. C. § 1, 15. The complaint charged that respondents had agreed...

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