Legal Opinion
United States v. FMC Corporation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 22, 1969No. Civ. A. 37123PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
I
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
In this civil action the plaintiff, the United States of America, seeks to restrain and enjoin alleged violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by the defendant, FMC Corporation (hereinafter FMC). Briefly summarized the complaint charges that, beginning in at least 1955, FMC and several other members of the so-called “chlor-alkali” industry engaged in a combination and conspiracy, which had as its object the elimination of price competition in the sale of chlorine, caustic soda and soda ash. The conspiracy is alleged to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Tose v. First Pennsylvania Bank, N.A.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Freedman v. Amalgamated Sugar Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Reserve Supply Corporation v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation and Certainteed CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- United States v. Nick SenakCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
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