Household Goods Carriers' Bureau v. John J. Terrell, John J. Terrell v. Aero Mayflower Transit Company, Inc.

CHOATE, Senior District Judge:

This private antitrust action was brought by John J. Terrell against the Household Goods Carriers’ Bureau and ten of its individual members,1 claiming that the Bureau and certain of its members conspired with Rand McNally and Company2 to restrain and monopolize commerce in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2. A jury found for Terrell and awarded $375,000 in damages (trebled to $1,-125,000). The trial judge granted the individual carriers’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, but the verdict against the Bureau was…