Lumber Products Ass'n v. United States

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court sentencing appellants for violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1 on finding the several appellants guilty or acting on pleas of nolo contendere. They were among a large group indicted on two counts for combining and conspiring to violate that Act. The second count was dismissed upon motion of the government.

For convenience in describing the parties to the alleged conspiracy, one group of the present appellants will be designated as the “Union Group” and the remaining appellants as the “Manufacturer…