SCHOOL DIST. OF PHILADELPHIA v. HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 40537.

267 F.Supp. 1001 (1967)

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA et al. v. HARPER & ROW PUBLISHERS, INC., et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 24, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohen, Shapiro, Berger & Cohen, by David Berger, and Herbert B. Newberg, Philadelphia, Pa., Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Kohn & Levy, by Aaron M. Fine, and Delores Korman, Philadelphia, Pa., Edward G. Bauer, City Sol. for City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs and Intervenors.

Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, by J. B. H. Carter, and K. Robert Conrad, Philadelphia, Pa., for Harper & Row and Little, Brown & Co.

Duane, Morris & Heckscher by Henry T. Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for The Macmillan Co.

Dechert, Price & Rhoads by H. Francis DeLone, and Raymond H. Midgett, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for McGraw-Hill Book Co.

Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, by Seymour Kurland, Philadelphia, Pa., for Golden Press.

Drinker, Biddle & Reath, by Lewis H. Van Dusen, Jr., Patrick Ryan, Philadelphia, Pa., for Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.

Schnader Harrison, Segal & Lewis, by Edward W. Mullinix, Arthur H. Kahn, Philadelphia, Pa., for Random House, Inc. and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

Blank, Rudenko, Klaus & Rome, by Goncer Krestal, Philadelphia, Pa., for Franklin Watts, Inc. Children's Press, Inc.

Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, by David F. Maxwell, Philadelphia, Pa., for American News Co.

White & Williams, by Michael H. Malin, Philadelphia, Pa., for Rand McNally & Co.

Rawle & Henderson, by George M. Brodhead, Philadelphia, Pa., for Campbell & Hall, Inc.

Saul, Ewing, Remig & Saul by Robert W. Sayre, Philadelphia, Pa., for G. P. Putnam Sons.

Donald Brown, Philadelphia, Pa., for Donald McKay Co., Inc.

Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads by Joseph H. Swain, Jr. Philadelphia, Pa., for Baker & Taylor.

Theodore R. Mann, Philadelphia, Pa., and Weil, Gotshal & Manges, by Donald J. Williamson, New York City, for Henry Z. Walck, Inc.


OPINION

KRAFT, District Judge.

On December 12, 1966, the Court sua sponte, directed the parties to submit briefs on the question whether this action for treble damages, brought under the antitrust laws, (15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1, 15) should be maintained as a class action under the recently amended provisions of Rule 23(a), (b) and (c).1 Timely hearing was held thereafter...

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