United States v. General Petroleum Corporation

McCORMICK, District Judge.

On November 14, 1939, an indictment was filed in this court by the grand jury, charging forty-one corporations operating in various units of the petroleum industry functioning among five western states with conspiracy to violate the Sherman AntiTrust Act, Title 15 U.S.C.A. § 1.

Demurrers have been interposed by twenty-three of the defendant companies. These were extensively argued by government and defense attorneys, and the court after due consideration overruled each demurrer.

The matters now before the court are demands for bills of particulars filed by thirty-nine…