UNITED STATES v. SWIFT & COMPANY

No. 37623.

158 F.Supp. 551 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America v. SWIFT & COMPANY, Armour & Company, Wilson & Co., Inc., and the Cudahy Packing Company, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

January 9, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry N. Burgess, Alfred Karsted, and George Avery, Antitrust Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Snyder, Chadwell, Faberburg & Keck, Chicago, Ill., by John T. Chadwell and Theodore A. Groenke, Chicago, Ill., and Arthur C. O'Meara, Chicago, Ill., and Earl G. Spiker, Washington, D. C., for Swift & Co., Swift & Co. Inc., and Derby Foods, Inc.

Kirkland, Fleming, Green, Martin & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., by E. Houston Harsha, Chicago, Ill., Perry S. Patterson, Washington, D. C., for Armour and Co.

McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., by Walker Smith, Chicago, Ill., Hamilton & Hamilton, Washington, D. C., by William B. Jones, Washington, D. C., for Cudahy Packing Co.


McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

This is a joint motion of defendants Swift and Armour to transfer the suit to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.

The suit is an antitrust action by the United States against defendants Swift, Armour and others. It was filed in this court on February 27, 1920. On the same date the defendants filed answers denying unlawful acts, but also on the same date agreed to the entry of...

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