Bay Guardian Co. v. Chronical Publishing Co.

GERALD S. LEVIN, District Judge.

Order Denying Motion to Convene 8-Judge Court

The thrust of this case is a two-pronged attack by which plaintiffs allege certain antitrust violations stemming from a joint operating agreement between the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Examiner and by which plaintiffs seek to have the recently enacted “Newspaper Preservation Act" declared unconstitutional insofar as it insulates from antitrust consequences said joint operating agreement. Pursuant to the filing of their Complaint, plaintiffs have moved for the convening of a statutory 3-Judge Court…