UNITED STATES v. THIRD NAT. BANK

No. 86.

390 U.S. 171 (1968)

UNITED STATES v. THIRD NATIONAL BANK IN NASHVILLE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Friedman argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Turner, Richard A. Posner and Barry Grossman.

E. William Henry argued the cause for appellees Third National Bank in Nashville et al. With him on the brief were Paul A. Porter, Dennis G. Lyons, Frank M. Farris, Jr., Edwin F. Hunt and John J. Hooker, Jr. Joseph J. O'Malley argued the cause for appellee Camp, Comptroller of the Currency. With him on the brief were Robert Bloom and Charles H. McEnerney, Jr.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case the United States appeals from a District Court decision1 upholding the merger of Third National Bank in Nashville and Nashville Bank and Trust Company against challenge under § 7 of the Clayton Act. The court below concluded that the merger, which joined the second largest and the fourth largest banks in Davidson County, Tennessee, into a bank which immediately after...

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