Legal Opinion

United States v. The Bensinger Company, United States of America v. The Hobart Manufacturing Company

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided August 18, 1970No. 19777_1PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The Hobart Manufacturing Company and one of its St. Louis dealers, The Bensinger Company, were convicted of violating § 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U. S.C. § 1) by conspiring to fix the price of a dishwasher. A timely appeal was filed by both defendants. The facts constituting the alleged conspiracy are as follows.

Trader Vic’s restaurant, located in the Bel Air East Motel in St. Louis, Missouri, decided to remodel its dishwash-ing facilities. Specifications for the remodeling called for the installation of a Hobart dishwasher, plus other equipment, and were prepared by The…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  5. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. United States v. Portsmouth Paving Corporation and R. Curtis Saunders, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
  2. United States v. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
  3. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver of San Francisco National Bank v. David M. GlickmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
  4. United States v. Edward L. Flom, David L. Hoffman, Frank W. Hunsberger, and Richard E. VollandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. United States v. ColeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971

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