UNITED STATES v. BROWN SHOE COMPANY

No. 10527(3).

179 F.Supp. 721 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. BROWN SHOE COMPANY and G. R. Kinney Co., Inc., and G. R. Kinney Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, E. D.

November 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., James J. Coyle, Bill G. Andrews, Lewis J. Ottaviani, Nicolaus Bruns, Jr., Edward M. Medvene, Antitrust Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Robert H. McRoberts and Edwin S. Taylor, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., Arthur H. Dean, Henry N. Ess, III, Dennis C. Mahoney, Robin T. Tait, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for defendant.


WEBER, District Judge.

This is a suit by the government to restrain the proposed merger of the defendants Brown Shoe Company, Inc., and G. R. Kinney Co., Inc., and G. R. Kinney Corporation, hereinafter to be referred to as Brown and Kinney respectively. The Complaint charges a violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act1 and seeks injunctive relief under Section 15.2 Brown is a New York corporation and has its...

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