Legal Opinion
Knauer v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1916No. 4517PublishedCited by 32 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa; John C. Pollock, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Robert Knauer and others. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
Thirty-six persons, members of the National Association of Master Plumbers, among them Robert Knauer, Hugh B. McCarten, John P. Cunningham, and George H. Wentz, were indicted by the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa, charged with a conspiracy in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act which is as follows:
“Section 1. Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall…
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