ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC CO. v. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.

No. 208, Docket 27884.

312 F.2d 236 (1962)

ATLANTIC CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Handler, New York City (Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees Atlantic City Elec. Co., Appalachian Power Co., Ohio Valley Elec. Corp. and others.

Edward F. Huber, New York City, (Naylon, Foster, Dean & Aronson, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees New York State Elec. & Gas Corp., Rochester Gas and Elec. Corp., and the Patchogue Elec. Light Co.

Webster, Sheffield, Fleischmann, Hitchcock & Chrystie, New York City on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellees Atlantic City Elec. Co. and others.

Arthur G. Coffey, Gerald Powers, Ralph Warren Sullivan, Boston, Mass., Robert W. Gelfman, New York City, Harold E. Kohn, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee City of Boston.

Sidney Goldstein, Nathaniel Fensterstock, Milton H. Pachter, New York City, on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee The Port of New York Authority.

Leo A. Larkin, Morgan N. Lipton, New York City, on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellees City of New York and others.

Le Boeuf, Lamb & Leiby, New York City, on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellees Arkansas Power & Light Co. and others, Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen., of the State of New York, New York City, Mathias Lloyd Spiegel, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellees People of the State of New York and New York State Thruway Authority.

Thomas F. Moore, Jr., New York City, on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee Power Authority of the State of New York.

Reid & Priest, Coudert Brothers, New York City, on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellees Dallas Power & Light Co. and Carolina Power & Light Co. and others.

John O. Tessier, Freeport, N. Y., on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee Village of Freeport.

Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, on the brief, for plaintiffs-appellees Consumers Power Co. and others.

Joseph W. Burns, New York City (Cyrus Austin, John P. Cuddahy, Austin, Burns, Appell & Smith, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant Ingersoll-Rand Co.

Edgar E. Barton, New York City (MacDonald Flinn, White & Case, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant General Elec. Co.

Harold F. McGuire, Harry H. Weil, New York City (Wickes, Riddell, Bloomer, Jacobi & McGuire, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellants C. H. Wheeler Mfg. Co., The Clark Controller Co., Lapp Insulator Co., Inc., McGraw-Edison Co., Ohio Brass Co. and General Elec. Co.

Albert R. Connelly, New York City, (Victor M. Earle, III, Robert S. Rifkind, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, on the brief, for Westinghouse Elec. Corp. and Haight, Gardner Poor & Havens, on the brief), for defendant-appellant I-T-E Circuit Breaker Co.

Brown, Wood, Fuller, Caldwell & Ivey, New York City, on the brief, for defendant-appellant A. B. Chance Co.

Hughes, Hubbard, Blair & Reed, New York City, on the brief, for defendant-appellant Allen-Bradley Co.

Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Sunderland & Kiendl, New York City, on the brief, for defendants-appellants Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co. and Carrier Corp.

Richard Owen, New York City, on the brief, for defendant Cole Elec. Products Co.

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, on the brief, for defendants-appellants Cornell-Dubilier Elec. Corp. and Federal Pacific Elec. Co.

Kissam & Halpin, New York City, on the brief, for defendant-appellant Cutler-Hammer, Inc.

Meyer, Kissel, Matz & Seward, New York City, on the brief, for defendant-appellant Foster-Wheeler Corp.

Alexander & Green, New York City, on the brief, for defendants-appellants H. K. Porter Co. Inc., Wadsworth Electric Mfg. Co., Inc. and Zinsco Elec. Products Inc.

Satterlee, Warfield & Stephens, New York City, on the brief for defendant-appellant Hubbard and Co.

Stickles, Hayden, Young, Kennedy & Hort, New York City, on the brief for defendants-appellants Joslyn Mfg. & Supply Co., and The Porcelain Insulator Corp.

Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, New York City, on the brief for defendant-appellant Kuhlman Elec. Co.

Cleary, Gottlieb & Steen, New York City on the brief for defendants-appellants Moloney Elec. Co., Sangamo Elec. Co., and Wagner Elec. Co.

Kupfer, Silberfeld, Nathan & Danziger, New York City, on the brief for defendant-appellant Norbute Corp.

Laporte & Meyers, New York City, on the brief for defendant-appellant Schwager-Wood Corp.

Clark, Carr & Ellis, New York City, on the brief for defendant-appellant Southern States, Inc.

Allan D. Emil, New York City, on the brief for defendant-appellant Square D Co.

Close, Griffiths, McCarthy & Gaynor, New York City, for defendant Ward Leonard Elec. Co.

Gallop, Climenko & Gould, New York City, on the brief for defendant-appellant Worthington Corp.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and CLARK, WATERMAN, MOORE, KAUFMAN, HAYS and MARSHALL, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

The question for decision is whether fraudulent concealment of the existence of a cause of action under § 4 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 731 (1914), 15 U.S.C. § 15, tolls the running of the four-year limitation period contained in §§ 4B and 5(b) of the Act, as amended by Act of July 7, 1955, 69 Stat. 282, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15b and 16(b). We hold that it does and accordingly we affirm Judge Feinberg's order,

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