UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.

Nos. 75-1836 to 75-1842.

550 F.2d 115 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, Appellant in 75-1836, et al. Appeal of NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, in 75-1837. Appeal of GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, in 75-1838. Appeal of The CELOTEX CORPORATION, in 75-1839. Appeal of Colon BROWN, in 75-1840. Appeal of J. P. NICELY, in 75-1841. Appeal of Andrew J. WATT, in 75-1842.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1977.

As Amended January 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Fricano, Rodney O. Thorson, George Edelstein, L. John Schmoll, Jr., Michael A. Rosen, Peter A. Mullin, Dept. of Justice — Antitrust Div., Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Robert C. Keck, James G. Hiering, Valentine A. Weber, Jr., Keck, Cushman, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., Benjamin M. Quigg, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for U. S. Gypsum Co.

H. Francis DeLone, Alfred W. Cortese, Jr., John F. Wilson, III, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for Nat. Gypsum Co.

Cloyd R. Mellott, William B. Mallin, Barton Z. Cowan, J. Gary Kosinski, D. Richard Funk, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Georgia-Pacific Corp.

W. Donald McSweeney, William A. Montgomery, Joseph R. Lundy, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., for The Celotex Corp.

Paul C. Warnke, Thomas Richard Spradlin, Clifford, Warnke, Glass, McIlwain & Finney, Washington, D. C., for Colon Brown and J. P. Nicely.

Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., Thomas A. Gottschalk, Jeffrey S. Davidson, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for Andrew J. Watt.

Before ADAMS, HUNTER and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by United States Gypsum Company (USG), National Gypsum Company (National), Georgia-Pacific Corporation (G-P), The Celotex Corporation (Celotex), Andrew J. Watt, Colon Brown, and J. P. Nicely, defendants in a complex case under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1.1 Each corporate defendant manufactures, sells, and distributes gypsum board products, which are widely used in...

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