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F. T. C. v. BRITISH OXYGEN CO.

Civ. A. No. 74-31.

437 F.Supp. 79 (1977)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. BRITISH OXYGEN COMPANY, LTD., BOC Financial Corporation, BOC Holdings, Ltd., British Oxygen Investments, Ltd., and Airco, Inc., Respondents.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

August 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. McMahon of Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., Jay H. Topkis, Lewis A. Kaplan and Moses Silverman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, of counsel, for BOC Intern. Ltd., f/k/a British Oxygen Co., Ltd., BOC Financial Corp., BOC Holdings, Ltd., British Oxygen Investments, Ltd.

R. Franklin Balotti of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., W. Foster Wollen, R. Bruce MacWhorter of Shearman & Sterling, New York City, of counsel, for AIRCO, Inc.

James W. Garvin, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Kent Walker, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Michael N. Sohn, Gen. Counsel, Gerald P. Norton, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Jerold D. Cummins, Acting Asst. Gen. Counsel, and David M. Fitzgerald, Atty., Washington, D. C., for the Federal Trade Commission.

LATCHUM, Chief Judge.

On March 8, 1974, this Court entered an Order granting the Federal Trade Commission's (the "Commission") application for a preliminary injunction and enjoining the British Oxygen Company, Ltd. ("BOC") from taking any action which might hinder divestiture of BOC's controlling stock interest in AIRCO, Inc. ("AIRCO") pending an expedited administrative proceeding to determine if BOC's controlling interest in AIRCO violated the antitrust laws. BOC...

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