Legal Opinion
United States v. Foley
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1979No. Nos. 78-5013 to 78-5019PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
Six corporate and three individual defendants appeal their felony convictions for conspiracy to fix real estate commissions in Montgomery County, Maryland in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Finding no error, we affirm.
*1327During the critical period in question all the defendants were realtors engaged as competitors in the business of “reselling” houses. When a person desired to sell his house in Montgomery County he listed it with a realtor, provided he did not decide to attempt to sell it directly. The listing provided that when the house was sold a…
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