UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN BAKERIES COMPANY

Crim. No. 7656.

284 F.Supp. 864 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BAKERIES COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Michigan, S. D.

June 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Edward Burke, Dept. of Justice, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Warner, Norcross & Judd, Harold S. Sawyer, Grand Rapids, Mich., Covington & Burling, Gerald P. Norton, Washingtion, D. C., for defendants Continental Baking Co. and Ray W. Moore.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan, Grant J. Gruel, Grand Rapids, Mich., Hopkins, Sutter, Owen, Mulroy, Wentz & Davis, William I. Goldberg, Chicago, Ill., for defendant American Bakeries.

Wheeler, Upham, Bryant & Uhl, Gordon B. Wheeler, Grand Rapids, Mich., Kirkland, Ellis, Hodson, Chaffitz & Masters, Ronald J. Wilson, Washington, D. C., for defendants Rainbo Bread Co., Samuel A. McLaughlin, and Charles A. Stewart.

Glassen, Parr, Rhead & McLean, Lloyd D. Parr, Lansing, Mich., for Schafer Bakeries, Inc., Russell E. Kisor, Gase Baking Co. and Eugene J. Gase.

Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip, John A. Krsul, Jr., Detroit, Mich., for defendant Michigan Bakeries, Inc.

McCobb & Heaney, Bruce K. Carroll, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant Harold C. Overholt.

Hillman, Baxter & Hammond, Douglas W. Hillman, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant Norman V. Clexton.

Charles E. Hopfl, New York City, for defendants Ward Foods, Inc. and William J. Coughlin.

Luyendyk, Hainer & Karr, John D. B. Luyendyk, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendants Grocers Baking Co. and L. S. Parsons.

Chadwell, Keck, Kayser, Ruggles & McLaren, David J. Gibbons, Chicago, Ill., for Koepplinger Bakery, Inc. and Robert Bohringer.

Edward L. Cobb, Jackson, Mich., for defendant Way Baking Co.

Varnum, Riddering, Wierengo & Christenson, F. William Hutchinson, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Roskam Baking Co. and Donald O. Roskam.

Paulson, Bennett, Palmer & Lewis, Robert A. Palmer, Kalamazoo, Mich., for Dutch Treat Bakers, Inc. and Walter Henley, Jr.

Foster, Campbell, Lindemer & McGurrin, Richard B. Foster, Lansing, Mich., for defendant Michigan Bakers Association, Inc.

Goldstein, Judd & Gurfein, Edward Brodsky, New York City, for defendant Silvercup Bakeries, Inc.

Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, Stephen C. Brandsdorfer, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendant John H. Way, Sr.


OPINION

FOX, District Judge.

This case arises upon the motions of several defendants, corporate and individual, for permission to change their pleas of not guilty to pleas of nolo contendere.

On October 4, 1967, a grand jury sitting in this district and division returned an indictment charging in substance that between January 1964 and October 1966, defendants had entered into and engaged in a conspiracy to fix prices and agree upon bids in violation...

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