Columbia River Packers Ass'n, Inc. v. Hinton

McCOLLOCH, District Judge.

This is an injunction action. .Treble damages are also claimed.

Plaintiff has (or has had recently) receiving, packing, .canning and processing plants and equipment, including floating equipment, in Oregon, Washington, California and Alaska. Plaintiff does no fishing itself. It cans and processes sixty per cent, of the pack of salmon and other marine products put up in Oregon. Since the appearance of albacore tuna off the Oregon coast in recent years, plaintiff has prepared to pack that fish in commercial quantities. To that end, it has expended a large sum for…