United States v. Young Brothers, Inc., Contractors

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Young Brothers, Inc., Contractors, 1 was convicted by jury of violating § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, by conspiring to submit collusive, non-competitive “rigged” contract bids for a state highway construction project and also of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1341 by using the mails to defraud in furtherance of the conspiracy. Appellant appeals the convictions, challenging (1) the sufficiency of the evidence; (2) the jury instructions; (3) the court’s exclusion of certain grand jury testimony; and (4) various evidentiary rulings. Finding no…