UNITED STATES v. SWITZER BROS.

No. 29860.

115 F.Supp. 49 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. SWITZER BROS., Inc., et al.

United States District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

August 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Haidt, Don H. Banks, and Lyle L. Jones, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for the United States.

Ely, Frye & Hamilton, Cleveland, Ohio, and Lillick, Geary, Olson, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants Switzer Bros., Inc., Robert C. Switzer and Joseph L. Switzer.

Nelson, Boodel & Will, Chicago, Ill., and Lillick, Geary, Olson, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Lawter Chemicals, Inc.

Boyken, Mohler & Beckley, W. Bruce Beckley, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants Gantner & Mattern Co., the Firelure Corporation, Burns, Stratford, Gantner and Beckley.

Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., Philip S. Ehrlich, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant Aberfoyle Mfg. Co.

T. J. McDowell, Cleveland, Ohio, and McClymonds, Wells & Wilson, Oakland, Cal., for Sherwin-Williams Co., and Sherwin-Williams Co. of California.


GOODMAN, District Judge.

On June 28, 1950, the United States filed its complaint against the above named defendants for an injunction and other equitable sanctions, alleging violations of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-7 and the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 12-27.

Before any responsive pleading was filed by any defendant, the defendants Switzer Brothers, Inc., The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, and The Sherwin...

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