United States v. Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is the trial of an indictment charging violations of the antitrust laws. The trial is before the Court, a jury having been waived.

There are two defendants in this case, Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc., and Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association, Inc. Each defendant is an association of producers of milk. The Maryland Cooperative Milk Producers, Inc., is located in Baltimore, Maryland, and is composed of about 2,000 farmers who are producers of milk which they ship to distributors in the Baltimore metropolitan area. Maryland and Virginia Milk…