Legal Opinion
In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Antibiotic Antitrust Actions
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 30, 1971No. M 19-93A and the following actions: All CasesPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
APPLICABILITY OF SECTIONS 5(a) AND 5(b) OF THE CLAYTON ACT
MILES W. LORD, District Judge
(By Assignment).
The questions now before the court concern the effect of the Government’s prior proceedings against these defendants 1 2on the present private treble damage actions. More specifically, the questions are whether, pursuant to § 5(b) of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16(b), 2 the prior proceedings tolled the running of the four-year statute of limitation, § 4B of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15b, and whether, pursuant to § 5(a) of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 16(a), 3 the judg ment in one of…
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