United States v. Borden Co.

The United States instituted this civil proceeding against ten Chicago dairies, 1 charging conspiracy to restrain and monopolize the sale of fluid milk to wholesale customers and others in the Chicago area, in violation of the Sherman Act, and price discrimination in violation of the Clayton Act. Prior to trial a consent decree was entered against five of the smaller defendant companies, enjoining continuation of the conduct charged in the complaint. At the close of the Government’s case against the remaining five defendants, 2 the District Court dismissed the complaint in its entirety. It…