UNITED STATES v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION


168 F.Supp. 576 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION and The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor R. Hansen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert A. Bicks, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Allen A. Dobey (trial counsel), Donald F. Melchior (trial counsel), George D. Reycraft, Jr., John T. Duffner, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, Bruce Bromley (trial counsel), John H. Morse (trial counsel), W. John Nauss, Jr., Robert D. Duke, New York City, of counsel, for defendant, Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, New York City, Whitney North Seymour (trial counsel), Richard Jones, New York City, Baker, Hostetler & Patterson, Howard F. Burns, Raymond T. Jackson (trial counsel), Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel, for defendant, The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co.


WEINFELD, District Judge.

The Government seeks to enjoin a proposed merger between the defendants, Bethlehem Steel Corporation and The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, on the ground that it would violate section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended.1

Under the proposed merger Bethlehem is to acquire all the assets and properties of Youngstown pursuant to an agreement between them entered into on December 11, 1956. Prior to the execution...

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