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UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO.

Nos. 78-2263 to 78-2266.

600 F.2d 414 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, National Gypsum Company, Georgia Pacific Corporation, Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., the Celotex Corporation, the Flintkote Company, Graham J. Morgan, Andrew J. Watt, Colon Brown, J. P. Nicely, William H. Hunt, Claude E. Harper, Robert A. Costa, William D. Herbert, George J. Pecaro, James D. Moran United States Gypsum Company, (D.C. Criminal No. 73-00347-01) Appellant in No. 78-2263 National Gypsum Company, (D.C. Criminal No. 73-00347-02) Appellant in No. 78-2264 Georgia-Pacific Corporation, (D.C. Criminal No. 73-00347-03) Appellant in No. 78-2265 The Celotex Corporation, (D.C. Criminal No. 73-00347-05) Appellant in No. 78-2266.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1979.

As Amended June 14, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney O. Thorson (argued), L. John Schmoll, Peter A. Mullin, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

H. Francis De Lone (argued), Stephen A. Stack, Jr., Mari M. Gursky, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., Cloyd R. Mellott (argued), William B. Mallin, J. Gary Kosinski, D. Richard Funk, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellot, Pittsburgh, Pa., Robert C. Keck, James G. Hiering, Michael R. Flaherty, Weston W. Hanscom, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., W. Donald McSweeney, William A. Montgomery, Richard J. Hoskins, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Before ADAMS, HUNTER and WEIS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, United States Gypsum Co. (USG), National Gypsum Co. (National), Georgia-Pacific Corp. (G-P), and The Celotex Corp. (Celotex), appeal from the denial of their consolidated motion for judgments of acquittal on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions. They contend that the district court should have granted their motion and, on the authority of Burks v....

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