National Dairy Products Corporation v. United States

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

National Dairy Products Corporation (National or appellant) has appealed from the judgment of conviction on seven counts of an indictment charging a conspiracy to fix prices and eliminate competition in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and on six counts charging sales of milk at unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying competition in violation of § ■ 3 of the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 13a. 1

The indictment alleged violations in seven different market areas. A Sherman Act violation and a Robinson-Pat-man Act violation were alleged to…