U.S. v. BAUSCH & LOMB CO.

No. 62.

321 U.S. 707 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. BAUSCH & LOMB OPTICAL CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Berge, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. Charles H. Weston were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Whitney North Seymour, with whom Mr. Richard B. Persinger was on the brief, for the Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. et al., appellees in No. 62; and Mr. Bethuel M. Webster for the Soft-Lite Lens Co. et al., appellees in No. 62 and appellants in No. 64.


MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

The United States of America brought suit in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company, a corporation, and the Soft-Lite Lens Company, Inc., and several of the chief officers of each, to restrain violations of the Sherman Act. Jurisdiction was conferred on the trial court by § 4 of the Act (15 U.S.C. § 4) and upon this Court by § 2 of the...

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