UNITED STATES v. AEROQUIP CORPORATION

Cr. No. 41312.

284 F.Supp. 114 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. AEROQUIP CORPORATION, Anchor Coupling Co., Inc., Imperial-Eastman Corporation, National Hose Assemblies Manufacturers Association, Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Stewart-Warner Corporation, Stratoflex, Inc., the Weatherhead Company, George P. Byrne, Jr., William F. Rogge, C. A. Thomas and Augustus S. Wade, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, Southern Division.

April 30, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse Climenko and Jerome D. Grant, of Shea, Gallop, Climenko & Gould, New York City, Maxwell F. Badgley and John Schomer, of Badgley, Domke, McVicker & Marcoux, Jackson, Mich., for Aeroquip Corp.

Harrison T. Watson, of Watson Lott & Wunsch, Detroit, Mich., for William F. Rogge.

Patrick W. O'Brien, William A. Wineberg, Jr., Mayer, Friedlich, Spiess, Tierney, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., and A. Stewart Kerr, Sweeny, Dodd, Kerr, Wattles & Russell, Detroit, Mich., for Anchor Coupling Co., Inc.

Edward H. Hatton, Robert L. Bombaugh and Hugh M. King, Raymond, Mayer, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., William R. Bryant, Jr., Watson, Lott, & Wunsch, Detroit, Mich., for Imperial-Eastman Corporation.

John A. Sullivan, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, William R. Bryant, Jr., Local Counsel, Watson, Lott & Wunsch, Detroit, Mich., for National Hose Assemblies Manufacturers Association and George P. Byrne, Jr.

William D. Ginn, John F. McClatchey, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, William R. Bryant, Jr., Watson, Lott & Wunsch, Detroit, Mich., for Parker-Hannifin.

Earl A. Jinkinson, John W. Stack, Winston, Strawn, Smith & Patterson, Chicago, Ill., Robert C. Winter, Local Counsel, Clark, Klein, Winter, Parsons & Prewitt, Detroit, Mich., for Stewart-Warner Corp.

Cecil E. Munn, Edward Kemble, Cantey, Hanger, Gooch, Cravens & Scarborough, Fort Worth, Tex., John Feikens, Local Counsel, Feikens, Dice, Sweeny & Sullivan, Detroit, Mich., for Stratoflex Inc. and C. A. Thomas.

Bruce W. Eaken, Victor H. DeMarco, George H. Rudolph, Jones, Day, Cockley & Reavis, Cleveland, Ohio, William R. Bryant, Jr., Local Counsel, Watson, Lott & Wunsch, Detroit, Mich., for Weatherhead Co. and Augustus S. Wade.

Dwight B. Moore, David G. Budd, Carl L. Steinhouse, Acting Chief, Anti-Trust Dept., Dept. of Justice, Cleveland, Ohio, Lawrence Gubow, U. S. Dist. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for the United States.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION TO CONNECT AND GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL.

MACHROWICZ, District Judge.

This is a criminal anti-trust matter in which seven corporations, one trade association and four individuals were indicted for violating section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. The corporate defendants in this case are Aeroquip Corporation, herein after referred to as Aeroquip...

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