A. O. SMITH CORPORATION v. F. T. C.

Civ. A. Nos. 75-15, 75-45 to 75-50 and 75-56.

396 F.Supp. 1125 (1975)

A. O. SMITH CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants. INLAND STEEL COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants. NORTHWEST INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants. OSCAR MAYER & CO., INC., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants. MERCK & CO., INC., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants. HOBART CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants. The GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants. THOMAS J. LIPTON, INC., Plaintiff, v. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

March 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Corroon, Charles F. Crompton, Jr., Potter, Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., Gilbert J. Helwig, Edward T. Tait, Lee A. Rau, John M. Wood, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs A. O. Smith, and others.

Paul P. Welsh, Robert F. Stewart, Jr., Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington, Del., for all plaintiffs except A. O. Smith Corporation, and others; Frank P. Cihlar, Charles W. Petty, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for plaintiffs Inland Steel Co., Northwest Industries, Inc. and Oscar Mayer & Co., Inc.; Philip A. Lacovara, Howell Begle, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, Washington, D. C., of counsel, for plaintiff Merck & Co., Inc.; John F. McClatchey, Leslie W. Jacobs, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel, for plaintiffs Hobart Corp. and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; David W. St. Clair, Charles H. McAuliffe, Englewood Cliffs, N. J., of counsel, for plaintiff Thomas J. Lipton, Inc.

Ralph Keil, U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., Calvin J. Collier, Gerald Harwood, James P. Timony, William A. Cerillo, Warren S. Grimes, Bruce E. Freedman, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C., for defendant Federal Trade Commission.

Ralph Keil, U. S. Atty., Wilmington, Del., for defendant General Accounting Office.


OPINION AND ORDER

MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

On February 19, 1975 this Court issued its opinion in A. O. Smith Corporation, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, et al., Civil Action No. 75-15, wherein it denied defendants' motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and granted plaintiffs' motion for preliminary injunction. That case involves a suit by seven corporations seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the Federal Trade Commission...

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