The Flintkote Company, a Corporation v. Elmer Lysfjord and Walter R. Waldron, Doing Business as Aabeta Co.

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellees as plaintiffs on July 21,1952, filed a complaint under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act1 against the Acoustical Contractors Association of Southern California, Inc., and certain members thereof (six individuals, and eight corporations, individuals, or partnerships do*372ing business under a fictitious firm name). The Flintkote Company and four John Does were also joined as defendants. The essential interstate commerce was alleged to have been in acoustical tile.

To understand this case, it is first necessary to look at the pleadings. All defendants, other than Flintkote,…