UNITED STATES v. CONSOLIDATED FOODS CORP.

Civ. A. No. 78-1241.

455 F.Supp. 108 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America v. CONSOLIDATED FOODS CORPORATION and Chef Pierre, Inc.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Devany, John J. Hughes, James A. Backstrom, Jr., Raymond D. Cauley, Jr., Norma B. Carter, R. J. Scott Griffith, Antitrust Div., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Louis C. Keiler, Earl E. Pollock, Gary Senner, and Sharon S. Feather, of Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., for Consolidated.

James J. Rodgers and Benjamin M. Quigg, Jr., of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for Chef Pierre.


ADJUDICATION

DITTER, District Judge.

Alleging that a proposed merger of two frozen dessert pie producers will substantially lessen competition, the Anti-Trust Division of the Department of Justice has petitioned this court for a preliminary and permanent injunction. Jurisdiction is founded upon 15 U.S.C. § 25.

The Government contends that the proposed acquisition of Chef Pierre, Inc. by Consolidated Foods Corporation violates section 7 of the...

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