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PUREX CORP., LTD. v. PROCTER & GAMBLE CO.

Civ. No. 67-1546-WPG.

419 F.Supp. 931 (1976)

PUREX CORPORATION, LTD., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. The PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, a corporation, and the Clorox Company, a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

July 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Julian O. von Kalinowski, John L. Endicott, John J. Swenson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Covington & Burling, Daniel M. Gribbon, Harris Weinstein, Washington, D. C., Dinsmore, Shohl, Coates & Deupree, Powell McHenry, Cincinnati, Ohio, McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Philip K. Verleger, Robert K. Wrede, Kathryn S. Rowley, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

GRAY, District Judge.

The present action is for treble damages of more than five hundred million dollars, sought pursuant to section 4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. § 15) and arising out of the acquisition (in August 1957) and retention (until January 1969) by defendant Procter & Gamble (Procter) of the Clorox Chemical Company, the alleged effect of which has been "substantially to lessen competition . . . [and] to tend to...

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