UNITED STATES v. FOLEY

Nos. 78-5013 to 78-5019.

598 F.2d 1323 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John P. FOLEY, Jr., and Jack Foley Realty, Inc., Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. BOGLEY, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. COLQUITT-CARRUTHERS, INC., and John T. Carruthers, Jr., Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. ROBERT L. GRUEN, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. SCHICK & PEPE REALTY, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. SHANNON & LUCHS CO., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert W. LEBLING, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Hibey, Washington, D. C. (Robert J. McManus, Surrey, Karaski & Morse, Washington, D. C., William W. Cahill, Jr., Weinberg & Green, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants Colquitt-Carruthers, Inc. and John T. Carruthers, Jr.

James P. Mercurio, Washington, D. C. (Salvatore A. Romano, Lewis E. Leibowitz, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant Shannon & Luchs Co.

John Henry Lewin, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (James K. Archibald, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants Jack Foley Realty, Inc. and John P. Foley, Jr.

Raymond W. Bergan, Washington, D. C. (Robert P. Watkins, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D. C., E. Austin Carlin, Murphy & Carlin, Bethesda, Md., on brief), for appellants Bogley, Inc. and Robert W. Lebling.

William O. Bittman, Washington, D. C. (George R. Clark, Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellant Robert L. Gruen, Inc.

Charles N. Shaffer, Peter I. J. Davis, Shaffer & Davis, Rockville, Md., on brief, for appellant Schick & Pepe Realty, Inc.; Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (John H. Schenefield, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert B. Nicholson, Charles S. Stark, Gary L. Halling, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for United States of America.

Before WINTER, Circuit Judge, COWEN, Senior Judge and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Six corporate and three individual defendants appeal their felony convictions for conspiracy to fix real estate commissions in Montgomery County, Maryland in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Finding no error, we affirm.

During the critical period in question all the defendants were realtors engaged as competitors in the business of "reselling" houses. When a person...

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