UNITED STATES v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO R. R.

Crim. No. 81-396.

543 F.Supp. 821 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

July 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Weiss, Kevin R. Sullivan, Claudia Silverman, Coralie Chun Matayoshi, Antitrust Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Donald L. Flexner, Richard McMillan, Jr., William Randolph Smith, Todd D. Peterson, Crowell & Moring, Washington, D. C., for B&O RR Co., Inc. and C&O RR Co., Inc.

Kenneth C. Anderson, James V. Dick, Sean F. Boland, Timothy Bergin, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Washington, D. C., for Bessemer & Lake Erie RR, Inc.

Richard J. Flynn, Thomas H. Yancey, Sidley & Austin, Washington, D.C., for Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge:

In this antitrust proceeding under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, five railroads are charged with a 22-year price-fixing conspiracy in the iron ore transportation industry in the Great Lakes region. At the arraignment, one defendant, Consolidated Rail Corporation ("Conrail"), entered a plea of nolo contendere which the Court accepted in November 1981. The remaining defendants plead not...

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