Legal Opinion
United States v. Provident National Bank
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 12, 1968No. Civ. A. 40032PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CLARY, Chief Judge.
This case involves a proposed merger between the Provident National Bank and the Central-Penn National Bank, both of the City of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is being challenged by the Department of Justice as being in violation of the antitrust laws of the United States. The case-was tried to the Court without a jury. In making a decision in this case, the Court is faced with the dilemma so ably stated by that noted legal scholar, John H. Wigmore, the late Professor and Dean of Northwestern University School of Law, and author of “Wigmore on…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Brown Shoe Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. First City National Bank of HoustonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Continental Can Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Larry E. Clark and J. Elliott Knoll v. United Bank of Denver National Association, a National Banking AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- American Insurance Company v. First National Bank in St. LouisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- Yoder Brothers, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. California-Florida Plant Corporation, Defendants-Appellees-Crossappellants. California-Florida Plant Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Crossappellants v. Yoder Brothers, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. First National Bank of MarylandDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1970
- United Nuclear Corp. v. Combustion Engineering, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
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