UNITED STATES v. WATCHMAKERS OF SWITZERLAND INF. C.


133 F.Supp. 40 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The WATCHMAKERS OF SWITZERLAND INFORMATION CENTER, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

Reargument Denied September 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley N. Barnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Marcus A. Hollabaugh, Washington, D. C., Richard B. O'Donnell, Spec. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., Malcolm A. Hoffmann, Spec. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., New York City, Mary Gardiner Jones, Cold Springs Harbor, Samuel B. Prezis, Washington, D. C., Trial Attys. for plaintiff.

Robert Perret, New York, N. Y., Appearing Specially for Federation Suisse Des Associations de Fabricants D'Horlogerie, Ebauches, S. A. and Eterna, A. G. Uhrenfabrik, Solinger & Gordon, New York City, of counsel.

Manning, Harnisch, Hollinger & Shea, New York City, for Gruen Watch Mfg. Co., S. A. Charles W. Newmark, and William Hughes Mulligan, New York City, of counsel.

Goodwin, Danforth, Savage & Whitehead, New York City, for Wittnauer Et Cie, S. A.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, of counsel, by James V. Hayes, William F. Clare, Jr., A. Pennington Whitehead, New York City.


Reargument Denied September 15, 1955. See 134 F.Supp. 710.

WALSH, District Judge.

Five of the defendants in the above entitled action have moved to dismiss the complaint for lack of jurisdction over their persons. The motions were argued together.

In this action several Swiss and American organizations are charged with violations of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1, in that they allegedly have combined and...

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