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UNITED STATES v. HARTE-HANKS NEWSPAPERS, INC.

Crim. No. 15393.

170 F.Supp. 227 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America v. HARTE-HANKS NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al.

United States District Court N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

January 19, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor R. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chas. L. Whittinghill, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., W. B. West, III, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Henry M. Stuckey, Kenneth N. Hart, Larry L. Williams, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the Government.

Dan Moody, Austin, Tex., T. J. McMahon, McMahon, Smart, Sprain & Wilson, Abilene, Tex., William L. McGovern, Arnold, Fortas & Porter, Washington, D. C., Edward L. Peteet, Marshall, Tex., James O. Juntilla, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

DAVIDSON, Chief Judge.

We have before us a contest between two newspapers. According to one view it may have been for domination of the other and of the area. According to another view it may have been a fight for existence.

We bear in mind that this is not a civil suit of course between the two papers. One of the papers bowed out of the contest accepting a price of $300,000. There was the severest competition between these two papers for a term of years....

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