TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC. v. HUGHES

No. 61 Civ. 2324.

308 F.Supp. 679 (1969)

TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff, v. Howard R. HUGHES, Hughes Tool Company and Raymond M. Holliday, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

December 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, for plaintiff; John F. Sonnett, Paul W. Williams, Dudley B. Tenney, Immanuel Kohn, Marshall H. Cox, Jr., Abraham P. Ordover and Fred E. Scharf, New York City, of counsel.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, and Chester C. Davis, New York City, for defendants Hughes Tool Company and Raymond M. Holliday; Ralstone R. Irvine, James V. Hayes, George S. Leisure, Jr., Mahlon F. Perkins, Jr., Chester C. Davis, Maxwell E. Cox, Ronald J. Cayo, John H. Wilkinson and Paul E. Goodspeed, New York City, of counsel.


METZNER, District Judge.

The special master, Herbert Brownell, Esq., has submitted his report awarding plaintiff $137,611,435.95 as damages after trebling as provided in § 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15. The matter had been referred to him for assessment of damages following the entry of a default judgment imposed as a sanction for failure of Howard R. Hughes to appear for deposition. Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes, 32 F.R.D. 604 (S.D. N.Y.1963...

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