UNITED STATES v. A. P. WOODSON COMPANY

Cr. No. 375-61.

198 F.Supp. 579 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America v. A. P. WOODSON COMPANY, District Building Supply Company, Eckington Building Supply Company, Hudson Supply & Equipment Company, Potomac Builders Supply Company, R. Robinson, Inc., the Cushwa Brick and Building Supply Company, the United Clay Products Company, Nelson Woodson, Joseph Hill, Warren S. Gruber, Joseph H. Deckman, Jack A. Richardson and John Cissel.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

September 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilford L. Whitley, Jr., Bruce L. Montgomery, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

John J. Wilson, Paul Interdonato, Richard T. Conway, Lawrence J. Latto, William Dempsey, Francis M. Shea, George P. Lamb, Carrington Shields, E. T. Simpson, Francis J. Kelly, Richard Nicolaides, Washington, D. C., for defendants.


McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.

The defendants' motions to dismiss the indictment for failure to state "Essential Facts" is hereby denied.

The defendants contend that four of the five essential elements of a Sherman Act conspiracy, namely time, place, manner and means, are not sufficiently alleged in the indictment.

The Court in rendering this decision is guided by the following well settled rules relating to the sufficiency of an indictment alleging conspiracy...

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