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U.S. v. AMERICAN OIL CO.

No. 307.

262 U.S. 371 (1923)

UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN LINSEED OIL COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Fowler, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. John Walsh, with whom Mr. Louis A. Spiess was on the brief, for Ankeney Linseed Manufacturing Co. et al., appellees.

Mr. Thomas M. Debevoise, with whom Mr. Eugene Congleton and Mr. Willet M. Spooner were on the brief, for American Linseed Oil Co. et al., appellees.

Mr. Wm. J. Matthews and Mr. Hugh T. Martin, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

By an original bill filed June 30, 1920, the United States charged that appellees — defendants below — were parties to a combination in restraint of interstate trade and commerce forbidden by the Sherman Act, and asked that they be enjoined from continuing therein. The court below held the combination lawful...

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