Buscher v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN,. District Judge.

This is a private anti-trust suit seeking treble damages by reason of defendant’s alleged monopolization of the shoe machinery business brought on the basis of the findings in United States v. United Shoe Machinery Corp., D.C.Mass., 110 F. Supp. 295, affirmed 347 U.S. 521, 74 S.Ct. 699, 98 L.Ed. 910. Plaintiff claims that it was prevented from obtaining a fair competitive share of the interstate market in shoe machines and shoe machinery parts by various illegal and discriminatory practices of the defendant which, caused plaintiff substantial loss of…