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UNITED STATES v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY

No. 26801.

410 F.2d 553 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Standard Fruit and Steamship Company, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 25, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

René H. Himel, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant; Robert M. Moore, Overton T. Harrington, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

James H. McGlothin, Christopher H. Buckley, Jr., Washington, D. C., Louis C. La Cour, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., John L. Wilson, George Edelstein, Howard E. Shapiro, Antitrust Division, Dept. of Justice, Hugh B. Cox, Washington, D. C., Sumter D. Marks, Jr., New Orleans, La., Sam G. Daggett, Boston, Mass., Edwin M. Zimmerman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.

FISHER, District Judge:

This appeal challenges the district court's authority to enter and enforce a protective order prohibiting disclosure of divestiture plans filed in compliance with a consent judgment in an antitrust case. We believe the court did have such authority and did not abuse its discretion in enforcing the order.

In 1954 the United States brought a civil antitrust suit against appellee United Fruit...

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