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UNITED STATES v. UNITED SHOE CORP.

No. 597.

391 U.S. 244 (1968)

UNITED STATES v. UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Turner argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Griswold, Francis X. Beytagh, Jr., Howard E. Shapiro, Thomas R. Asher, and Margaret H. Brass.

Ralph M. Carson argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Conrad W. Oberdorfer, Robert D. Salinger, Lloyd N. Cutler, Taggart Whipple, and Louis L. Stanton, Jr.

James F. Rill, John R. Hally, and Thomas F. Shannon filed a brief for the National Footwear Manufacturers Association, Inc., et al., as amici curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1953, in a civil suit brought by the United States, the District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that appellee had violated § 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by monopolizing the manufacture of shoe machinery. The court found that "(1) defendant has, and exercises, such overwhelming strength in the shoe machinery market that it controls that market, (2) this strength excludes some potential...

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