NATIONAL CONSTRUCTORS v. NATIONAL ELEC. CONTRACTORS

Civ. No. HM77-1302.

498 F.Supp. 510 (1980)

NATIONAL CONSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION and Commonwealth Electric Company, by and on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated and the Howard P. Foley Company, by and on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated and Donovan Construction Company of Minnesota, Inc., Arthur McKee & Company, Inc., Badger America, Inc., Catalytic, Inc., C. F. Braun Constructors, Inc., Dravo Corporation, Guy F. Atkinson Company, the H. K. Ferguson Company, Jacobs Constructors, Inc., Pullman Kellogg, Division of Pullman, Inc., Stearns-Roger, Inc., v. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC., Robert L. Higgins, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, Charles H. Pillard, Colgan Electric, Inc., Miller Electric Co., and H. E. Autrey, Allen L. Bader, Frank H. Bertke, Donald C. Cates, Robert W. Colgan, Joe R. Devish, and Carl T. Hinote, in their Individual capacities and as Trustees of the National Electrical Industry Fund, and Allan H. Stroupe, L. R. McCord, Aldo P. Lero and Lowell C. Timm, in their official capacities as Trustees of the National Electrical Industry Fund, and John Ostrow, C. W. Stroupe, Warren Losh and J. D. Hilburn, Sr., in their Individual capacities.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

September 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur D. Preston, Jr., Robert M. Wright, Nevett Steele, Jr., Ward B. Coe, III, Gerson B. Mehlman, and James R. Chason, of Whiteford, Taylor, Preston, Trimble & Johnston, Baltimore, Md; Anthony J. Obadal, Steven R. Semler, Howard J. Kaufman, Alan D. Cirker, Stephen C. Yohay, of Zimmerman & Obadal, Washington, D. C.; Ira Genberg, Peter R. Spanos, of Stokes & Shapiro, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Guy Farmer, of Farmer, Shibley, McGuinn & Flood, Washington, D. C., Alan I. Baron, Peter H. Gunst, of Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Baltimore, Md., for defendant National Electrical Contractors Ass'n, Inc. and all other defendants Except defendants International Broth. of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO and Charles H. Pillard.

Thomas X. Dunn, Richard M. Resnick, of Sherman, Dunn, Cohen & Liefer, Washington, D. C., James P. Garland, Anthony W. Kraus, Steven D. Frenkil, Nora Winay, of Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., for defendants International Broth. of Electrical Workers and Charles H. Pillard, International President of IBEW.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

HERBERT F. MURRAY, District Judge:

I. Factual Background

This is a private antitrust action for treble damages and declaratory and injunctive relief, brought under § 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Currently pending before the court are eight motions, on which the court has heard extensive oral argument. An explanation of the factual background of the...

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