United States v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company

WEIGEL, District Judge.

The defendant Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company is a Wisconsin corporation engaged in the production and sale of beer. The defendant General Brewing Company is a California corporation so engaged. John Labatt Limited, a large Canadian brewer, controls General Brewing Company through Labatt’s ownership of a majority of General’s stock.

The gravamen of the charge by the United States of America, plaintiff, is that “The effect of the purchase and acquisition of the assets of Burgermeister Brewing Corporation by defendant Schlitz and of the stock acquisition by defendant Schlitz…