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F. T. C. v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO.

No. 76-2250.

549 F.2d 289 (1977)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Appellant, v. ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY and the Anaconda Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Sexton, Atty., F. T. C., Washington, D. C. (Robert J. Lewis, Gen. Counsel, Gerald P. Norton, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Jerold D. Cummins, Acting Asst. Gen. Counsel, Harold E. Kirtz, Richard L. Rosen, Roger J. Leifer, Richard F. Silvestri, John M. Sipple, Jr., Terrence C. Brown, Attys., F. T. C., Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant.

Jerome G. Shapiro, New York City (Amalya L. Kearse, James F. Parver, Norman C. Kleinberg, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, Boothe, Prichard & Dudley, Alexandria, Va., and Francis X. McCormack, Gen. Counsel, Atlantic Richfield Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., on brief), for appellee Atlantic Richfield Co.

Zachary Shimer (Melvin D. Goodman, Jerome C. Katz, Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside & Wolff, New York City, Boothe, Prichard & Dudley, Alexandria, Va., and Richard B. Steinmetz, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Anaconda Co., Butte, Mont., on brief), for appellee, The Anaconda Co.

D. Robert Lohn, Counsel to the Governor and Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State of Mont., Helena, Mont., on brief as amicus curiae.

Before WINTER, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appeals from the district court's denial of a preliminary injunction in an action instituted pursuant to § 13(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 53(b) (Supp. IV 1974), to prevent consummation of a merger between Atlantic Richfield Company (Arco) and The Anaconda Company (Anaconda) during the pendency of administrative antitrust proceedings which are being conducted before FTC. Because...

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