UNITED STATES v. F M C CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 37123.

306 F.Supp. 1106 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. F M C CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald G. Balthis, John W. Neville, Jon D. Hartman, L. Barry Costilo, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Antitrust Div., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Drinker, Biddle & Reath, by Lewis H. Van Dusen, Philadelphia, Pa., Sullivan & Cromwell, by Wm. Piel, Jr., John E. Donnelly, David L. McLean, New York City, for defendant.


OPINION

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

I.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

In this civil action the plaintiff, the United States of America, seeks to restrain and enjoin alleged violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by the defendant, FMC Corporation (hereinafter FMC). Briefly summarized the complaint charges that, beginning in at least 1955, FMC and several other members of the so-called "chlor-alkali" industry engaged in a combination...

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