UNITED STATES of America, Commonwealth of Virginia, Plaintiff, Appellant,
v.
COLONIAL CHEVROLET CORPORATION, Hoff Cadillac Incorporated, Phillips Oldsmobile, Incorporated, Phillips Mercury-Lincoln, Incorporated, Kimnach Ford, Incorporated, Cavalier Ford, Incorporated, Atlantic AMC/Jeep, Incorporated, Tidewater Automobile Dealers Association, and several unnamed individuals and corporations, Appellees.
UNITED STATES of America, Commonwealth of Virginia, Appellant, Plaintiff,
v.
COLONIAL CHEVROLET CORPORATION, Hoff Cadillac Incorporated, Phillips Oldsmobile, Incorporated, Phillips Mercury-Lincoln, Incorporated, Kimnach Ford, Incorporated, Cavalier Ford, Incorporated, Atlantic AMC/Jeep, Incorporated, Tidewater Automobile Dealers Association, and several unnamed individuals and corporations, Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 7, 1980.
Decided August 12, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John B. Russell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Marshall Coleman, Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., Joseph W. Kaestner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Antitrust Unit on brief, Richmond), for appellant Commonwealth of Virginia.
Peter L. De La Cruz, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (James R. Weiss, John H. Shenefield, Asst. Atty. Gen., Barry Grossman, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellant United States of America.
David F. Peters, Richmond, Va. (Joseph M. Spivey, III, Priscilla A. Burbank, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., on brief), for Tidewater Automobile Dealers Association.
Joseph L. Lyle, Jr., Pickett, Spain & Lyle, Virginia Beach, Va., on brief, for Hoff Cadillac, Inc.
Guilford D. Ware, Crenshaw, Ware & Johnson, Norfolk, Va., on brief, for Cavalier Ford, Inc.
Hunter W. Sims, Jr., Canoles, Mastracco, Martone, Barr & Russell, Norfolk, Va., on brief, for Phillips Mercury-Lincoln, Inc.
William R. O'Brien, Brydges, Hudgins, Ege, Burt & O'Brien, Virginia Beach, Va., on brief, for Kimnach Ford, Inc.
Guy R. Friddell, III, Norfolk, Va. (Richard B. Spindle, III, Thomas G. Johnson, Jr., Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson & Spindle, P. C., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Certain Unindicted Individuals and Corporations.
Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of N. Y., Shirley Adelson Siegel, Sol. Gen., John M. Desiderio, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Anti-Monopolies Bureau; Michael J. Landron, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., New York City, on brief, for the State of New York as amicus curiae.
Stephen H. Sachs, Atty. Gen., George A. Nilson, Deputy Atty. Gen., Charles O. Monk, II, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Chief, Antitrust Division, Timothy J. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baltimore, Md., on brief, for the State of Maryland as amicus curiae.
Before WINTER, RUSSELL and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for disclosure of grand jury materials in a concluded successful antitrust prosecution, as sought by the State Attorney General of Virginia, and the Attorney General of the United States, under the provisions of Section 15f(b), 15 U.S.C. We reverse.
To a federal antitrust indictment, charging the appellee Tidewater (Virginia) Automobile Dealers Association, along with certain members...
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