PUREX CORPORATION, LTD. v. PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

No. 25416.

453 F.2d 288 (1971)

PUREX CORPORATION, LTD., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied April 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Gribbon (argued), of Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., Philip K. Verleger, of McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., Dinsmore, Shohl, Coates & Deupree, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

Julian O. von Kalinowski (argued), of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert E. Cooper, John J. Swenson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied April 17, 1972. See 92 S.Ct. 1499.

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

In August, 1957, The Procter & Gamble Company acquired the Clorox Chemical Company. On September 30, 1957, the Federal Trade Commission instituted a proceeding against Procter charging that the acquisition tended to lessen competition and therefore violated Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 18. The Commission held that the acquisition violated Section...

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