UNITED STATES v. DETROIT SHEET METAL & ROOFING C. ASS'N

Crim. A. No. 33452.

116 F.Supp. 81 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. DETROIT SHEET METAL & ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASS'N, Inc. et al.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan.

October 13, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Neville, Chief, Detroit Office, Antitrust Division, U. S. Dept. of Justice, John J. Mulvey, Paul A. Owens, James A. Broderick, Trial Attys., Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff.

Clark, Klein, Brucker & Waples, by Wilber M. Brucker, Detroit, Mich., for Detroit Sheet Metal & Roofing Contractors Ass'n, Inc., Robert Hutton Co., Thomas Marshall, The Chas. Sexauer Roofing Co., Frank Dempsey, E. G. Bush and Joseph A. Wittstock, d/b/a Wittstock Bros.

Smith and Huffaker, by Melvin S. Huffaker, Detroit, Mich., for John D. Busch & Sons, Inc., William G. Busch and William W. Busch.

Edward P. Frohlich, Detroit, Mich., for J. D. Candler Roofing Co., Clarence L. Candler and Gerald W. Morrison.

Fitzgerald, Walker, Conley & Hopping, by Fred R. Walker, Detroit, Mich., for Wallace Candler, Inc., O. D. Wood, T. F. Beck, d/b/a T. F. Beck Co., and Albert Bershback, d/b/a American Roofing Co.

Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, by Robert Taft, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, Dickinson, Wright, Davis, McKean & Cudlip, by Robert E. McKean, Detroit, Mich., for Philip Carey Mfg. Co.

Beaumont, Smith & Harris, by Charles Wright, Jr., Detroit, Mich., for The R. C. Mahon Co., R. C. Mahon and Walter Scott.

Friedman, Myers & Keys, by Joseph H. Jackier, Detroit, Mich., for Schreiber Roofing Co. and Harold Schreiber.

Abbott, Roberts, Smith & Libby, by David E. Roberts, Detroit, Mich., for Sullivan-Bernhagen Co., Inc., and William P. Sullivan, Sr.

Gould & Colman, by Arthur I. Gould, Detroit, Mich., for Bernard Beck, d/b/a Milbrand Roofing & Metal Ceiling Co.

Matheson, Dixon & Brady, by George S. Dixon, Detroit, Mich., for Don M. Chaffee, d/b/a Chaffee Roofing Co.

Julian G. McIntosh, Detroit, Mich., for Arthur Hesse, d/b/a Detroit Cornice & Slate Co.


LEVIN, District Judge.

There are numerous motions before the Court, made on behalf of the various defendants, to dismiss an indictment against them charging violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1. This legislation, with certain exceptions with which we are not here concerned, makes illegal every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade among the several states or with foreign lands. In addition, there is a motion by certain...

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