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AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. v. U.S.

No. 18.

328 U.S. 781 (1946)

AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Whiteside and Milton Handler argued the cause for petitioners in No. 18. With them on the brief was John A.V. Murphy.

Bethuel M. Webster argued the cause for petitioners in No. 19. With him on the brief was Francis H. Horan.

Harold F. McGuire argued the cause for petitioners in No. 20. With him on the brief were B.S. Womble, Thomas Turner Cooke and Richard C. Stoll.

Assistant Attorney General Berge argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General McGrath, Charles H. Weston and Robert L. Stern.

MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioners are The American Tobacco Company, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company,1 American Suppliers, Inc., a subsidiary of American, and certain officials of the respective companies who were convicted by a jury, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky, of violating §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Anti...

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