UNITED STATES v. WACHOVIA CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 2656.

313 F.Supp. 632 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The WACHOVIA CORPORATION and American Credit Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

June 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome A. Hochberg, Daniel R. Hunter, Peter C. Carstenson and Fred L. Woodworth, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and David B. Sentelle, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charlotte, N. C., for plaintiff.

Clifford, Warnke, Glass, McIlwain & Finney, by Larry L. Williams, Washington, D. C., and Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter, by Beverly C. Moore, Greensboro, N. C., for defendant, The Wachovia Corp.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, by James R. Withrow, Jr., and Sanford M. Litvack, New York City, Helms, Mulliss & Johnston, by E. Osborne Ayscue, Jr., Charlotte, N. C., for defendant, American Credit Corp.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER

McMILLAN, District Judge.

HOW THE CASE BEGAN

On April 24, 1970, the United States filed suit in this court against The Wachovia Corporation (Wachovia), a one bank holding company, and American Credit Corporation (American), seeking to restrain the proposed acquisition on April 27, 1970, by Wachovia of all the stock in American. The action was brought under 15 U.S.C. § 18 (§ 7 of the Clayton Act), which...

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