STANDARD OIL COMPANY v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

No. 11409.

233 F.2d 649 (1956)

STANDARD OIL COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hammond E. Chaffetz, Chicago, Ill., Weymouth Kirkland, Howard Ellis, W. H. Van Oosterhout, Frederick M. Rowe, of Kirkland, Fleming, Green, Martin & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Thomas E. Sunderland, Albert E. Green, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for petitioner.

Robert B. Dawkins, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., Earl W. Kintner, General Counsel, James E. Corkey, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

Otis H. Ellis, Washington, D. C., William Simon, Washington, D. C., Cyrus Austin, New York City, amici curiae.

Appell, Austin & Gay, New York City, for National Congress of Petroleum Retailers, Inc., and Retail Gasoline Dealers Ass'n of Michigan, Inc.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and MAJOR and LINDLEY, Circuit Judges.


MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This proceeding originated in a complaint filed by respondent against petitioner on November 29, 1940, charging a violation of Section 2 of the Clayton Act, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act, 49 Stat. 1526, as amended 15 U.S.C.A. § 13. The case is now here on petition by Standard to review a modified order to cease and desist, issued by the Commission against Standard January 16, 1953. The proceeding has long been before the Commission...

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