United States v. National City Lines, Inc.

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

This suit was brought by the United States of America under the provisions of Section 4 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 4, 26 Stat. 209, to enjoin violations of that Act. This proceeding is the remaining vestige of a controversy that first entered the courts in 1947, when the Government commenced this suit and a companion criminal action in the District Court for the Southern District of California. Named as defendants in both actions were two groups of corporations. The first group, hereafter called collectively the City Lines defendants, was composed of…