UNITED STATES v. SARGENT ELEC. CO.

Nos. 85-1262 to 85-1265.

785 F.2d 1123 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. SARGENT ELECTRIC CO., Lord Electric Co., Inc., W.V. Pangborne and Co., Inc., J.A. Bruce Pinney.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 14, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Rule, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., John J. Powers, III, Andrea Limmer (argued), Nancy J. Hertel, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Patrick W. Kittredge (argued), Peter J. Scuderi, Kittredge, Kaufman & Donley, Philadelphia, Pa., for J.A. Bruce Pinney.

Melvin Schwartz (argued), Paul M. Puskar, Baskin & Steingut, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Sargent Elec. Co.

Jay Topkis (argued), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Jeffrey C. Slade, Brenda Wright, Meister Leventhal & Slade, New York City, Wilson M. Brown, III, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., for Lord Elec. Co., Inc.

Gordon B. Spivack (argued), Stephen Hogan, Lord, Day & Lord, New York City, for W.V. Pangborne & Co., Inc.

Before ADAMS, GIBBONS, and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 18, 1986.*

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731 (1982), a district court order dismissing on double jeopardy grounds an indictment for violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (1982). We reverse.

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