UNITED STATES v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY

Nos. 13429-13439.

316 F.2d 884 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 7, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merwin Bristol, Robert H. Bork, Hammond E. Chaffetz, Walter T. Kuhlmey, Chicago, Ill., Joseph DuCoeur, Washington, D. C., Gordon H. S. Scott, Melvin R. Goldman, Chicago, Ill. (Richard J. Farrell, Ernest L. Godshalk, Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffetz & Masters, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Standard Oil Co.

Edward F. Howrey, Joseph B. Kennedy, Jr., Washington, D. C. (John J. Scott, Paul E. Bermingham, J. Arthur Kelly, New York City, Philip B. Raue, Niles, Ill., Howrey, Simon, Baker & Murchison, Washington, D. C., Henry C. Moses, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc.

Alan W. Boyd, Thomas M. Scanlon, Raymond W. Gray, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind. (Clayton Orn, William K. Tell, Calvin A. Brown, Findlay, Ohio, Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd, Indianapolis, Ind., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Ohio Oil Co.

Walter L. Barnes, Bartlesville, Okl., Howard Neitzert, Howard P. Robinson, Chicago, Ill., Bruce C. Hammerschmidt, South Bend, Ind. (Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Phillips Petroleum Co.

Gentry Lee, Cecil C. Cammack, Russell H. Smith, Bartlesville, Okl., E. Gray Hayden, New York City, for defendant-appellant Cities Service Petroleum Co.

Amzy B. Steed, New York City (Milton Handler, Stanley D. Robinson, Cecelia H. Goetz, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Texaco Inc.

Paul R. Teetor, New York City, (William F. Kenney, S. Russell Vandivort, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Shell Oil Co.

Edward R. Adams, Chicago, Ill., M. Edward Doran, South Bend, Ind. (Miller, Gorham, Wescott & Adams, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Central West Oil Corp.

Louis Shifrin, St. Louis, Mo. (Shifrin, Treiman, Agatstein & Schermer, St. Louis, Mo., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Tornado Oil Co., Inc.

Irving C. Klinock, Kansas City, Kan., for defendant-appellant Hudson Oil Co.

William F. McInerny, South Bend, Ind. (Chapleau, Roper, McInerny & Farabaugh, South Bend, Ind., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Pacer Oil Co., Inc.

Earl A. Jinkinson, Raymond P. Hernacki, Chicago, Ill., Richard A. Solomon, Anti-Trust Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Alfred W. Moellering, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Robert L. Eisen, Lawrence H. Eiger, Chicago, Ill., Robert B. Hummel, Cleveland, Ohio, Joel E. Hoffman, Michael J. Miller, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, CASTLE and KILEY, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

We have before us eleven appeals from separate judgments of conviction based upon jury verdicts finding each defendant guilty of having on or about May 1, 1957, conspired to raise and/or induce its dealers to raise, or induce its jobbers to raise, retail gasoline prices in the South Bend, Indiana, area in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act (26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. § 1).

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