United States v. Line Material Co.

Mr. Justice Burton,

with whom

The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Frankfurter concur, dissenting.

This dissent is impelled by regard for the soundness, authority and applicability to this case of the unanimous decisions of this Court in Bement v. National Harrow Co., 186 U. S. 70, and United States v. General Electric Co., 272 U. S. 476.

The complaint charges violation of § 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act1 by the defendant patent owners and cross-licensors, Line Material Company and Southern States Equipment Corporation (here called respectively Line *322and Southern), and also by the ten defendants who…