UNITED STATES v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 49 C-1071.

126 F.Supp. 235 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, General Motors Corporation, United States Rubber Company, Christiana Securities Company, Delaware Realty & Investment Corporation, Pierre S. du Pont, Lammot du Pont, Irenee du Pont, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

December 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley N. Barnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Victor H. Kramer, Washington, D. C., Earl A. Jinkinson and Willis L. Hotchkiss, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., Ewart Harris, Paul V. Ford, Charles W. Houchins, Chicago, Ill., Margaret H. Brass, Washington, D. C., Dorothy M. Hunt, Francis C. Hoyt, and Raymond P. Hernacki, Chicago, Ill., for the United States.

Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., by John Lord O'Brian, Hugh B. Cox, Charles A. Horsky, Daniel M. Gribbon, Wilbur R. Lester, Washington, D. C., Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., by Howard Neitzert George Ragland, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for defendant E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.

Root, Ballantine, Harlan, Bushby & Palmer, New York City, by John M. Harlan, Philip C. Scott, New York City, Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., by Howard Neitzert, George Ragland, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for defendants Pierre S. du Pont, Irenee du Pont, Christiana Securities Co. and Delaware Realty and Investment Corp.

Pope & Ballard, Chicago, Ill., by Ferris E. Hurd, Frank F. Fowle, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Henry M. Hogan, and Robert A. Nitschke, Detroit, Mich., James D. Carpenter, Jersey City, N. J., William A. Grier, New York City, for defendant General Motors Corp.

Snyder, Chadwell & Fagerburg, Chicago, Ill., by John T. Chadwell, Rudy L. Ruggles, James A. Rahl, Chicago, Ill., Arthur, Dry & Dole, New York City, by Paul H. Arthur, Morris E. Dry, Nelson F. Taylor, Walter Barthold, Jr., New York City, for defendant United States Rubber Co.

Howard Ellis, Chicago, Ill., A. Leslie Hodson, Chicago, Ill., guardian ad litem for certain minor defendants.

Andrew J. Dallstream, Chicago, Ill., guardian ad litem for certian minor defendants.

Claude A. Roth, Chicago, Ill., guardian ad litem and Atty., for Henry Belin du Pont, III.

Moore, Prangley & Clayton, Chicago, Ill., by Mark H. Clayton, Chicago, Ill., Berl, Potter & Anderson, Wilmington, Del., by William S. Potter and William Poole, Wilmington, Del., Morris, Steel, Nichols & Arsht, Wilmington, Del., by Alexander L. Nichols, Wilmington, Del., for certain individual defendants.

Winston, Strawn, Black & Towner, Chicago, Ill., by Guy A. Gladson and Thomas A. Reynolds, Chicago, Ill., Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., by Robert H. Richards, Jr., Wilmington, Del., for defendant Wilmington Trust Co.


LA BUY, District Judge.

This action is brought by the United States Government for alleged violation by defendants of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1, 2, declaring illegal every contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade and prohibiting monopolization or the attempt to monopolize trade and commerce, and Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 18, declaring illegal the acquisition of stock by a corporation in...

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