United States v. Cigarette Merchandisers Ass'n

SUGARMAN, District Judge.

All defendants except one, pursuant to F.R.Crim.P. rule 11, 18 U.S.C.A., offer to withdraw their heretofore entered pleas of not guilty and to plea nolo contendere to the indictment herein, charging violation of the antitrust laws in the distribution, by coin vending machines, of cigarettes, in the metropolitan area of New York. The Attorney General opposes the granting by the court of its consent to the acceptance of the nolo contendere pleas, required by that rule.

At the outset, it is well to note that the committee which drafted the Federal Rules of Criminal…