UNITED STATES v. BLUE CHIP STAMP COMPANY

No. 63-1552.

272 F.Supp. 432 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. BLUE CHIP STAMP COMPANY, Alexander's Markets, Lucky Stores, Inc., Market Basket, Purity Stores, Inc., Ralphs Grocery Company, Safeway Stores, Incorporated, Thriftimart, Inc., Thrifty Drug Stores Co., Inc., and Von's Grocery Co., Defendants. Independent California Service Station Operators, Plaintiffs in the action of Twyman, et al. v. Blue Chip Stamp Company, et al.; Raley's, a corporation; Thrifty Shoppers Scrip Co., Petitioners for Intervention.

United States District Court C. D. California.

August 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Corinblit, J. J. Brandlin, Los Angeles, Cal., for Raley's, Inc.

David B. Gold, Leon Schiller, San Francisco, Cal., for Thrifty Shoppers Scrip Co.

Howard, Prim, Smith, Rice & Downs, Howard M. Downs, Stuart R. Pollak, A. James Robertson, II, San Francisco, Cal., for Independent California Service Station Operators.

O'Melveny & Myers, William W. Alsup and Allyn O. Kreps, Los Angeles, Cal., for Blue Chip Stamp Co., Von's Grocery Co., Alexander's Markets, Ralphs Grocery Co., Thrifty Drug Stores Co., Inc., Lucky Stores, Inc., and Safeway Stores, Inc.

Donahue, Richards & Gallagher, Joseph A. Woods, Jr., Oakland, Cal., for Lucky Stores, Inc.

Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, William E. Mussman and David T. Steffen, San Francisco, Cal., for Safeway Stores, Inc.

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Gordon Johnson and Paul R. Haerle, San Francisco, Cal., for Purity Stores, Inc.

McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, G. Richard Doty, Kenneth Owen, Los Angeles, Cal., for Market Basket.

William J. Currer, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for Thriftimart, Inc.

Stanley E. Disney, James M. McGrath, Lawrence W. Somerville, Richard W. Leusebrink, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Los Angeles, Cal., for United States of America.

Thomas C. Lynch, Wallace Howland, San Francisco, Cal., for State of California, amici curiae.

Burke, Williams & Sorensen, James T. Bradshaw, Jr., Martin J. Burke, Los Angeles, Cal., for California Grocers Ass'n, amici curiae.


OPINION DENYING MOTIONS TO INTERVENE AND TO VACATE CONSENT DECREE

FERGUSON, District Judge.

On June 5, 1967, the court approved and signed a consent decree in this antitrust action. Subsequent thereto Petitioners for Intervention filed motions which seek—

(a) to intervene as a matter of right under Rule 24(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; (b) to be permitted to intervene under Rule 24(b); and (c) to vacate the...

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