SUN PUB. CO. v. MECKLENBURG NEWS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 81-1071-R.

594 F.Supp. 1512 (1984)

SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. et al., Plaintiffs, v. MECKLENBURG NEWS, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

October 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Bennett, Jr., Slayton, Bennett & Rand, South Boston, Va., J. Robert Brame, III, Edward E. Nicholas, III, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Howard Feller, Richmond, Va., and Larry D. Sharpe, Bergson, Borklank, Margolis & Adler, Washington, D.C., for defendants Mecklenburg News, Inc., t/a The News-Progress, a Virginia corp., Keith A. Shelton and Douglas E. Loftis, Jr. and counterclaim defendants.

Daniel A. Carrell, William F. Young, Donald R. Schmidt, Jessine A. Monaghan, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., John H. Shenefield, Peter Halle, Dorothy A. Doherty, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff and counterclaim defendant McLaughlin and counterclaim defendant South Boston News, Inc.

James K. Dorsett, Jr., Michael E. Weddington, Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, Raleigh, N.C., Augustus C. Epps, Jr., Christian, Barton, Epps, Brent & Chappell, Richmond, Va., for Park Publications, Inc., Park Broadcasting, Inc. and Roy Park (Non-parties — subpoenae duces tecum).


MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

The plaintiffs in this action ("Sun et al") won a jury verdict on their claims that the defendants violated federal antitrust laws in connection with their operation of newspaper publishing businesses in Mecklenburg and Halifax Counties, Virginia. Plaintiffs now seek an award of attorneys' fees and costs pursuant to Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15...

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