Atlantic City Electric Company v. General Electric Company

FEINBERG, District Judge.

Plaintiff utility companies object to the interrogatories of defendant electrical equipment manufacturers and thereby question the validity of the so-called passing-on doctrine in treble damage antitrust suits. Under that doctrine, a purchaser from one who has violated the-antitrust laws cannot recover an unlawful overcharge to the extent that the purchaser took into account his increased cost in setting the price to his own. customers.

These cases are among the large number of private actions that followed the-criminal and civil injunctive proceedings-brought by the…