United States v. Ozark Canners Ass'n

MILLER, District Judge.

An indictment was returned in the above entitled case on January 26, 1943, charging that the defendants, Ozark Canners Association, Inc., and 193 others, corporations and individuals, conspired to restrain interstate trade and commerce in raw and canned tomatoes by fixing prices in the manner and form set forth therein and more particularly stated hereinafter. The indictment was returned to the Fayetteville Division and by the court transferred to the Fort Smith Division for further proceedings.

On April 15, 1943, all of the defendants filed a demurrer to the indictment,…