Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. v. Eastern R. R. Presidents Conference

CLARY, District Judge.

The present action was instituted on January 17, 1953 under the anti-trust laws of the United States. The averments are laid under Sections 1 and 2 of the Act of July 2, 1890, 26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1 and 2, commonly known as the Sherman Act. There are numerous parties both plaintiff and defendant. Generally the complaint charges that a group of railroads acting through an unincorporated Association of Eastern Railroad Presidents, together with one or more advertising agencies, conspired to monopolize transportation in the Eastern section of the United States…