UNITED STATES v. BENSINGER COMPANY

Nos. 19771, 19777.

430 F.2d 584 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. The BENSINGER COMPANY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. The HOBART MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lon Hocker, of Hocker, Goodwin & MacGreevy, St. Louis, Mo., and John F. McClatchey, of Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant, The Hobart Manufacturing Co.; George F. Karch, Jr., of Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief.

Harold D. Carey, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant, The Bensinger Co.

James M. Gordon, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Daniel Bartlett, Jr., U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on the brief.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge, and MATTHES, and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The Hobart Manufacturing Company and one of its St. Louis dealers, The Bensinger Company, were convicted of violating § 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U. S.C. § 1) by conspiring to fix the price of a dishwasher. A timely appeal was filed by both defendants. The facts constituting the alleged conspiracy are as follows.

Trader Vic's restaurant, located in the Bel Air East Motel in St. Louis, Missouri, decided to remodel its dishwashing...

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