NAT. ELEC. CONTRACTORS v. NAT. CONSTRUCTORS ASS'N

Nos. 80-1808, 80-1809.

678 F.2d 492 (1982)

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. NATIONAL CONSTRUCTORS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1982.

Rehearings Denied September 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley D. Robinson, New York City (Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, on brief), James P. Garland, Anthony W. Kraus, Nora Winay, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., Laurence J. Cohen, Richard M. Resnick, Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Counts, Baltimore, Md., Milton Handler, Michael Malina, New York City, Peter H. Gunst, Mary K. Farmer, Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, Baltimore, Md., Guy Farmer, Washington, D. C. (Farmer, Wells, McQuinn, Flood & Sibal, Washington, D. C., on brief) and Donald M. Barnes, Washington, D. C. (Earl W. Kintner, Dennis C. Cuneo, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D. C., on brief), for defendants-appellants.

Wilbur D. Preston, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (Robert M. Wright, Gerson B. Mehlman, James R. Chason, Whiteford, Taylor, Preston, Trimble & Johnston, Baltimore, Md., on brief), Alan D. Cirker, Washington, D. C. (Anthony J. Obadal, Zimmerman & Obadal, Washington, D. C., Ira Genberg, Stokes, Shapiro, Fussell & Genberg, Atlanta, Ga., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

K. L. Estabrook, Donald F. Nicolai, Lindabury, McCormick & Estabrook, Westfield, N. J., on brief, for amicus curiae Mechanical Contractors Ass'n of America, Inc.

John P. Frank, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief, for amicus curiae NECA, Pipe, and Masonry.

Robert J. Fenlon, Stephen J. Burton, Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, St. Paul, Minn., on brief, for amicus curiae The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Nat. Ass'n, Inc.

J. Albert Woll and Laurence Gold, Washington, D. C., on brief, for amicus curiae The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.

Jerry J. Williams, Keith B. Bardellini, Freshman, Mulvaney, Marantz, Comsky, Forst, Kahan & Deutsch, Beverly Hills, Cal., on brief, for amicus curiae Const. Industry Advancement Fund of Southern California, Fund for Const. Industry Advancement, San Diego Const. Industry Advancement Fund, and Associated Gen. Contractors, San Diego County, Inc.

Before WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL, District Judge.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The National Electrical Contractors Association, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and other defendants appeal the award of a permanent injunction to plaintiffs who include the National Constructors Association and numerous construction companies, after a finding that the actions of the defendants amounted to price fixing illegal under § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. National Constructors Association,...

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