G. D. SEARLE & CO. v. INST. DRUG DISTRIBUTORS

No. 19884.

151 F.Supp. 715 (1957)

G. D. SEARLE & CO., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. INSTITUTIONAL DRUG DISTRIBUTORS, Inc., a California corporation, et al., Defendants. INSTITUTIONAL DRUG DISTRIBUTORS, Inc., a California corporation, Counterclaimant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. G. D. SEARLE & CO., a corporation, Counterdefendant, (Stephen CHASE, Lewis S. Hoyt and Julius K. Hornbein, Third-Party Defendants.)

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., James E. S. Baker, Chicago, Ill., and McCutcheon, Black, Harnagel & Greene, by Philip K. Verleger, Los Angeles, Cal., for G. D. Searle & Co., plaintiff and counter-defendant.

Elwood S. Kendrick, Los Angeles, Cal., Jack Corinblit, Los Angeles, Cal., for Institutional Drug Distributors, Inc., defendant and third-party plaintiff.

Fred Weller, Los Angeles, Cal., McCutcheon, Black, Harnagel & Greene, Los Angeles, Cal., for Stephen Chase, Lewis S. Hoyt, third-party defendants.

Nicholas & Mack, by Augustus F. Mack, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Julius K. Hornbein, third-party defendant.


YANKWICH, Chief Judge.

The action is for infringement of a trademark and seeks injunctive relief and damages. The defendants in their Answer have attacked the validity of the trademark and have also urged that injunctive relief be denied upon the ground that the plaintiff has been guilty of monopolistic practices and price-fixing in violation of the antitrust laws of the United States. 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 15, 26, 1115(b) (7).

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