UNITED STATES v. SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY

Cr. A. Nos. 56-152—56-156.

150 F.Supp. 202 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY, Inc., Defendant (five cases).

United States District Court D. Massachusetts.

March 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley N. Barnes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Worth Rowley, Boston, Mass., Richard B. O'Donnell, New York City, Anthony Julian, U. S. Atty., John J. Galgay, Boston, Mass., Ralph S. Goodman, Philip Bloom, Joseph T. Maioriello, New York City, for plaintiff.

John L. Hall, Conrad W. Oberdorfer, Boston, Mass., for defendants.


SWEENEY, Chief Judge.

There are before me five indictments which charge the defendant with violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1, which is entitled "An Act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies." In the various indictments it is alleged that the defendant through devious devices such as discounts, rebates, and abatement of rents to the dealers who traded in its product fixed the price of retail gasoline that was to be...

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