Legal Opinion
United States v. Lever Brothers Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 31, 1961PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
This is an antitrust action brought by the government against Lever Brothers Company and Monsanto Chemical Company, in which the government contends that the purchase by Lever from Monsanto of certain assets connected with a synthetic detergent product known as “all” constituted a violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 18.
On September 7, 1960, plaintiff served written interrogatories, calling for the production of certain documents, upon both The Procter & Gamble Company and the Colgate-Palmolive Company, competitors of Lever. As a result of…
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- Caldwell-Clements, Inc. v. McGraw-Hill Pub. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- United States v. St. Regis Paper Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- American Oil Co. v. Pennsylvania Petroleum Products Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1959
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- United States v. United Fruit Company, Standard Fruit and Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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