UNITED STATES v. R. L. POLK AND COMPANY

No. 20419.

438 F.2d 377 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Appellee, v. R. L. POLK AND COMPANY, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

February 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Robert Chandler, Detroit, Mich., for respondent-appellant; Cross, Wrock, Miller & Vieson, Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Gregory Hovendon and Leo A. Roth, Attys., Antitrust Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for petitioner-appellee; Richard W. McLaren, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Rau, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James H. Brickley, U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Before PECK, BROOKS and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

In settlement of a civil antitrust action brought by the government, the appellant corporation, in 1955, entered into a consent decree which enjoined it from engaging in certain practices involving the compilation and selling of city directories. In 1965, the government instituted civil and criminal contempt proceedings against the appellant in the District Court, alleging that the appellant had wilfully violated numerous provisions of...

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