United States v. Deere & Co.

NORDBYE, Chief Judge.

These are separate anti-trust cases. Generally speaking, plaintiff charges in each case that defendant tried to compel dealers in its implements to handle only that particular defendant’s line of farm machinery and cancelled the dealership contract of dealers who refused to accede to such demands. Plaintiff seeks an injunction enjoining these practices. No conspiracy is charged.

Preliminary motions have been made 'by both sides in these cases. And pursuant to an interrogatory submitted by plaintiff in each case to the defendant, each defendant was required to furnish…