U. S. v. SOCIETY OF INDEPENDENT GASOLINE MARKETERS

Nos. 77-2515 to 77-2521.

624 F.2d 461 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. SOCIETY OF INDEPENDENT GASOLINE MARKETERS OF AMERICA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. AMERADA HESS CORPORATION, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. ASHLAND OIL, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. KAYO OIL COMPANY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. The MEADVILLE CORPORATION, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. PETROLEUM MARKETING CORPORATION, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert R. CAVIN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1979.

Upon Rehearing June 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur D. Preston, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (Nevett Steele, Jr., Gerson B. Mehlman, Whiteford, Taylor, Preston, Primble & Johnston, Baltimore, Md., A. T. Biggers, Continental Oil Company, Houston, Tex., on brief), for appellant Kayo Oil Company.

John H. Lewin, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (Benson E. Legg, Venable, Baetzer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., Adlai S. Hardin, Jr., Milbank, Tween, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, Howard B. Myers, Amerada Hess Corporation, Woodbridge, N. J., on brief), for appellant Amerada Hess Corporation.

William Simon, Washington, D. C. (Ray S. Bolze, Roger C. Simmons, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., Robert H. Compton, Ashland Petroleum Company, Ashland, Ky., on brief), for appellant Ashland Oil, Inc.

Robert E. Nagle, Donald T. Bucklin, Washington, D. C. (Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant Robert R. Cavin.

David F. Albright, Baltimore, Md. (Richard M. Kremen, Franklin T. Caudill, Seemes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant Petroleum Marketing Corporation.

Philip L. Cohan, David Freeman, Ginsburg, Feldman & Bress, Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellant The Meadville Corporation.

David A. Donohoe, Jay D. Zeiler, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellant Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America.

Frederic Freilicher, John J. Powers, III, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (John H. Shenefield, Asst. Atty. Gen., Rodney O. Thorson, James F. Ponsoldt, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee, United States of America.

Before FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

On June 1, 1976, an indictment was returned in the District of Maryland against The Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America ("SIGMA"), Amerada Hess Corporation ("Hess"), Ashland Oil, Inc. ("Ashland"), Continental Oil Company ("Continental"), Crown Central Petroleum ("Crown"), Kayo Oil Company ("Kayo"), The Meadville Corporation ("Meadville"), Petroleum Marketing Corporation ("PMC...

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