First Iowa Hydro Electric Cooperative v. Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co.

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought on February 18, 1954, to recover treble damages and injunctive relief under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-7, 15 note and Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 12 et seq., against the ten defendant utility corporations and *615the unincorporated association which are here as appellees.

After the action had been pending nearly two years and on January 25, 1956, the District Court sustained motions made by the defendants to dismiss it for failure of plaintiffs to prosecute and for disobedience to Court orders in violation of the Federal Rules of Civil…