Legal Opinion
United States v. Swift & Company
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 12, 1960No. Civ. A. 58 C 613PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JULIUS J. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
The petitioners, defendants in this historic litigation, have sought modification of the antitrust decree entered with their consent forty years ago. The government has vigorously opposed the petitions.
Following extensive discovery proceedings and the disposition of preliminary motions, the parties were afforded the plenary hearing required upon such a petition. Hughes v. United States, 1942, 342 U.S. 353, 72 S.Ct. 306, 96 L.Ed. 394. Oral testimony occupied some three and one-half months, producing a transcript in excess of eight thousand pages. Nearly one…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Hecht Co. v. BowlesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by24 opinions
- United States v. Armour & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Thomas S. Barrett, Sr. v. James A. BaylorCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Palma v. PowersDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1969
- The Coalition of Black Leadership, Etc. v. Vincent A. Cianci, Jr., Etc., Providence Lodge No. 3, Fraternal Order of PoliceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Tempo Music, Inc., Robbins Music Corporation, Remick Music Corporation, and Mills Music, Inc. v. James D. MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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