UNITED STATES v. PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 1196-52.

187 F.Supp. 55 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

September 22, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret H. Brass, Antitrust Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Chester A. Weidenburner, U. S. Atty., by Charles H. Hoens, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., for plaintiff.

Cahill, Gordon, Reindel & Ohl, by Jerome Doyle, New York City, O'Mara, Schumann, Davis & Lynch, Jersey City, N. J., for Colgate-Palmolive Co.

Arnold, Fortas & Porter, by Abe Fortas, Washington, D. C., Bailey & Schenck, Newark, N. J., for Lever Bros. Co.

Royall, Koegel, Harris & Caskey, by Kenneth C. Royall, New York City, Dinsmore, Shohl, Dinsmore & Todd, by Richard W. Barrett, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, by Charles Sawyer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Toner, Crowley, Woelper & Vanderbilt, Newark, N. J., for the Procter & Gamble Co.

Davies, Richberg, Tydings, Landa & Duff, by Shelby Fitze, Washington, D. C., McCarter & English, Newark, N. J., for Assn. of American Soap & Glycerine Producers, Inc.


HARTSHORNE, District Judge.

When this case was before our highest Court previously, the Court, after alluding to the claim that "the prosecution was using criminal procedures to elicit evidence in a civil case," said:

"* * * If the prosecution were using that device, it would be flouting the policy of the law * * * For all we know, the trails that looked fresh at the start faded along the way. What seemed at the beginning to be a case with a criminal cast...

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