UNITED STATES v. WESTERN ELEC. CO., INC.

Civ. No. 17-49.

531 F.Supp. 894 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC., and American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

September 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Robertson, U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J. by John L. Wilson, Gregory B. Hovendon, James P. Denvir, III, Bernard M. Hollander, Sp. Attys., Antitrust Div., and John E. Ingle, Larry A. Blosser, James K. Smith, Sp. Attys., Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D. C., for the U. S.

Pitney, Hardin & Kipp by S. Joseph Fortunato, Morristown, N. J., and Harold S. Levy, Associate Gen. Counsel, New York City, Howard J. Trienens, V. P. and Gen. Counsel AT&T, New York City, for defendants.

Persons allowed to file submissions amicus are listed in Appendix B.


OPINION

BIUNNO, District Judge.

This matter comes on by motion of defendants, Western Electric Company, Inc. and American Telephone and Telegraph Company, as a post-judgment motion in this cause, Civil Action No. 17-49. The complaint was filed by the United States on January 14, 1949 as a civil anti-trust suit alleging violation of sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Sherman Act.

An answer was filed in the style authorized by Rule 8(b), F.R.Civ.P. that is...

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