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U.S. v. NATIONAL SOC. OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

No. 76-1023.

555 F.2d 978 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America v. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Loevinger, Washington, D.C., with whom Martin Michaelson, James H. Sneed and Janet L. McDavid, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Robert B. Nicholson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Susan J. Atkinson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee. Laurence K. Gustafson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge LEVENTHAL.

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

The U.S. Department of Justice presses this antitrust suit against the 65,000 member National Society of Professional Engineers. It claims that the Society's efforts to enforce Section 11(c) of its Code of Ethics, which prohibits any form of competitive bidding on engineering projects,1 violate Section 1 of the Sherman Act.

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