UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.

No. 76-1560.

438 U.S. 422 (1978)

UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Solicitor General Friedman argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General McCree, Assistant Attorney General Shenefield, Frank H. Easterbrook, Robert B. Nicholson, Rodney O. Thorson, and Robert J. Wiggers.

H. Francis DeLone, W. Donald McSweeney, and Fred H. Bartlit, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With them on the briefs were Stephen A. Stack, Jr., Mari M. Gursky, William A. Montgomery, Joseph R. Lundy, Thomas A. Gottschalk, Robert C. Keck, James G. Hiering, Cloyd R. Mellott, William B. Mallin, J. Gary Kosinski, D. Richard Funk, Clark M. Clifford, Carson M. Glass, and Thomas Richard Spradlin.*

Stanley T. Kaleczyc, Lawrence B. Kraus, and Stephen A. Bokat filed a brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States as amicus curiae.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents the following questions: (a) whether intent is an element of a criminal antitrust offense; (b) whether an exchange of price information for purposes of compliance with the Robinson-Patman Act is exempt from Sherman Act scrutiny; (c) the adequacy of jury instructions on membership in and withdrawal from the alleged conspiracy; and (d) the propriety...

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