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COMMITTEE FOR AN INDEPENDENT P-I v. HEARST CORP.

Nos. 82-3488, 82-3493 and 82-3523.

704 F.2d 467 (1983)

COMMITTEE FOR AN INDEPENDENT P-I, People Opposed to a One-Newspaper Town, Committee for a Free Press, Longview Publishing Co., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. The HEARST CORP. and The Seattle Times Co., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, and William French Smith, Attorney General for the United States, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Dwyer, Culp, Dwyer, Guterson & Grader, Seattle, Wash., for Committee For An Independent P-I.

Jonathan E. Thackeray, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for Hearst Corp.

Douglas Letter, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Smith & U.S.

Before ANDERSON, HUG, and POOLE, Circuit Judges.

J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

This action presents issues of first impression concerning the scope and operation of the Newspaper Preservation Act. This Act permits competing newspapers that meet certain qualifications to enter into joint arrangements which otherwise would be violative of the antitrust laws. In a memorandum opinion, the district court overturned the Attorney General's action approving a joint operating agreement proposed between the Seattle Post...

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