UNITED STATES v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Civ. A. Nos. 29379, 29488-29490, 30297, 29491-29493.

209 F.Supp. 197 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America and Tennessee Valley Authority, Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 22, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred D. Turnage, H. Robert Halper, Donald G. Balthis, Baddia Rashid, John W. Martin, Jr., Morton M. Fine, Trial Attys., Antitrust Div., Dept. of Justice, for the United States.

Charles J. McCarthy, Beauchamp Brogan, Curtis Sauer, Knoxville, Tenn., for Tennessee Valley Authority.

Henry W. Sawyer, Philadelphia, Pa., for General Electric Co.

Philip H. Strubing, John G. Harkins, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., Cravath, Swaine & Moore, by Victor M. Earle, III, New York City, for Westinghouse Electric Corp.

Philip H. Strubing, John G. Harkins, Jr., K. Robert Conrad, Philadelphia, Pa., for H. K. Porter, Inc.

Charles A. Wolfe, Ralph W. Brenner, Philadelphia, Pa., for McGraw-Edison Co. and Cutler-Hammer, Inc.

Raymond W. Midgett, Jr., Richard G. Schneider, Philadelphia, Pa., for I-T-E Circuit Breaker Co.

William H. Elliott, Jr., Thomas L. Cantrell, Alfred C. Aurich, Philadelphia, Pa., for Ohio Brass Co.

W. Wilson White, Philadelphia, Pa., for Wagner Electric Corp.

Louis J. Goffman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Federal Pacific Electric Co.

Louis J. Goffman, Philadelphia, Pa., for Cornell-Dubilier Electric Corp.

Miles W. Kirkpatrick, Don B. Blenko, Philadelphia, Pa., for Moloney Electric Co., Square D Co. and Lapp Insulator Co., Inc.

Charles I. Thompson, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for Kuhlman Electric Co.

W. Bradley Ward, Edward W. Mullinix, Philadelphia, Pa., for Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.

Robert W. Sayre, Philadelphia, Pa., for A. B. Chance Co.


KRAFT, District Judge.

Following a grand jury investigation of the electrical equipment industry, the Government instituted these civil actions for damages under the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 12 et seq. and the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C.A. § 231 et seq.1 Tennessee Valley Authority is co-plaintiff in five of the suits.

The cases are now before us on three motions by defendants, all of which will be considered and disposed...

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