United States v. American Bakeries Co.

On Petition to Reconsider

FOX, District Judge.

Defendants petition the court to reconsider its refusal to accept their pleas of nolo contendere to a criminal antitrust action by the Government. This refusal was given from the bench on March 15, 1968, and a clarification published in 284 F.Supp. 864 (W.D.Mich.1968). The facts of the case, other than new facts which have subsequently come to light, may be found in that opinion.

The petition requests reconsideration because there is good cause for allowing defendants to plead nolo, and because equal protection requires that they be treated in the…