Legal Opinion
In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Western Liquid Asphalt Cases
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 30, 1972No. Master File 50173 RES CivPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER *
RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, various states and municipalities, bring this action under the Sherman Act charging the defendant oil companies with conspiracies to fix the prices of liquid asphalt in violation of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1). Plaintiffs make direct purchases of liquid asphalt for use in paving projects carried on by such plaintiffs with their own employees and, by letting public projects by means of competitive bidding, indirectly purchase asphalt in the form of the finished projects. Damages are sought on account of both the direct and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1953
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Darnell-Taenzer Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- State of West Virginia v. Chas. Pfizer & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Philadelphia Housing Authority v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1970
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Western Liquid Asphalt Cases. State of Alaska v. Standard Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Boshes v. General Motors Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1973