Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, J. A. Messer, Sr., Galax Mirror Co., Incorporated, and Mt. Airy Mirror Company v. United States

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The indictment in this case charged a combination and conspiracy in unreasonable restraint of trade to fix prices for the sale of plain plate glass mirrors to furniture manufacturers in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209 (1890), as amended, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1. All seven corporate and two of the three individual defendants were convicted. Appellants here are three of the convicted corporations, namely, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (“PPG”), Galax Mirror Company, Mount Airy Mirror Company; and one of the individuals convicted, J. A. Messer, Sr., chairman…