UNITED STATES v. CONTAINER CORP.

No. 27.

393 U.S. 333 (1969)

UNITED STATES v. CONTAINER CORPORATION OF AMERICA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Zimmerman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Lawrence G. Wallace, Lewis Bernstein, and Wharey M. Freeze.

Whitney North Seymour argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were William J. Manning and James W. Harbison, Jr., for Container Corporation of America, Joseph C. Carter, Jr., for Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Co. et al., W. P. Sandridge and W. F. Womble for Carolina Container Co., Helmer R. Johnson for Continental Can Co., Inc., Howard T. Milman and Robert D. Krumme for Crown Zellerbach Corp., David J. Mays for Dixie Container Corp. et al., Alan W. Boyd and Louis A. Highmark for Inland Container Corp., Lawrence E. Walsh and Henry L. King for International Paper Co., Ford W. Ekey and Jon M. Sebaly for the Mead Corp., Fred E. Fuller and James A. Sprunk for Owens-Illinois Glass Co., Richard A. Whiting for St. Joe Paper Co., Horace R. Lamb and H. Richard Wachtel for St. Regis Paper Co., James H. Epps, Jr., for Tri-State Container Corp., James R. Withrow, Jr., for Union Bag-Camp Paper Co., and E. Nobles Lowe for West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a civil antitrust action charging a price-fixing agreement in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act.1 26 Stat. 209, as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 1. The District Court dismissed the complaint. 273 F.Supp. 18. The case is here on appeal, 15 U. S. C. § 29; and we noted probable jurisdiction. 390 U.S. 1022.

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