UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES ALKALI EXPORT ASS'N


58 F.Supp. 785 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES ALKALI EXPORT ASS'N, Inc., et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

Writ of Certiorari Granted March 5, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert A. Berman and Manuel M. Gorman, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and Aute L. Carr and Bert C. Dedman, Sp. Attys., both of Washington, D. C. (Wendell Berge, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, of New York City, for defendant United States Alkali Export Ass'n, Inc.

Leland Hazard, of Kansas City, Mo., for defendants Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Inc., and Southern Alkali Corporation.

Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant Diamond Alkali Company, Inc.

Calvin A. Campbell, of Midland, Mich., for defendant Dow Chemical Co., Inc.

Robert T. McCracken, of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co.

Lewis & Watkins, of Detroit, Mich., for defendant Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation.

Dwight, Harris, Koegel & Caskey, of New York City, for defendant Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Sage, Gray, Todd & Sims, of New York City, for defendant Hooker Electrochemical Co. Inc.

Chadbourne, Wallace, Parke & Whiteside, of New York City, for defendant Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc.

Root, Clark, Buckner & Ballantine, of New York City, for defendant Niagara Alkali Co.

Wise, Corlett & Canfield, of New York City, for defendant Westvaco Chlorine Products Corporation, Inc.

Wm. Dwight Whitney, of New York City (Wm. Dwight Whitney, of New York City, and John Logan O'Donnell, of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for defendants Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Inc., Southern Alkali Corporation, Diamond Alkali Co., Inc., Dow Chemical Company, Inc., Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co., and Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation.


Writ of Certiorari Granted March 5, 1945. See 65 S.Ct. 715.

COXE, District Judge.

This is a motion by a number of the defendants to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the action.

The action is for injunctive relief for alleged violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1, in the sale of alkalis in interstate and foreign trade and commerce.

The defendants are: (1) Two incorporated...

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