United States v. Packorp, Inc.

FOX, District Judge.

This is an action by the United States against the named defendants for violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1. The complaint filed July 11, 1962 charges a conspiracy to restrain price competition and to prevent competitors other than those allegedly involved in the claimed conspiracy from entering the pulpwood market.

The amended complaint filed February 7, 1964, alleges that defendants’ paper mills located in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan consumed most of the wood produced for use as pulpwood in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It further alleges…