NORTHWESTERN OIL CO. v. SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO.

No. 8353.

138 F.2d 967 (1943)

NORTHWESTERN OIL CO. v. SOCONY-VACUUM OIL CO., Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 7, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond A. Crawford, Wm. P. Crawford, and Crawford & Crawford, all of Superior, Wis., Paul E. Hadlick, of Washington, D. C., and Ralph E. Burdick, of Duluth, Minn., for appellant.

David T. Searls, of Chicago, Ill., Herbert H. Thomas, of Madison, Wis., W. H. Dougherty, of Janesville, Wis., Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Francis, of Houston, Tex., Leon E. Isaksen and Thomas, Orr & Isaksen, all of Madison, Wis., Stanley M. Ryan and Nolan, Dougherty, Grubb & Ryan, all of Janesville, Wis., J. H. Marshutz and Fish, Marshutz & Hoffman, all of Milwaukee, Wis., John C. Zwick, of Chicago, Ill., and Sturtevant Hinman, of Chicago, Ill., for appellees, Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc., Continental Oil Co., Pure Oil Co., Shell Oil Co., Inc., Sinclair Refining Co., Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation, and Phillips Petroleum Co.

Before SPARKS and KERNER, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff sued to recover damages alleged to have been incurred by reason of defendants' violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1, claiming injury to its business and property under Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 15. At the conclusion of plaintiff's evidence, defendants moved for a directed verdict upon two grounds, — (1), that plaintiff had failed to prove damage, and, (2), that plaintiff had...

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