United States v. H & M, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

RAMBO, District Judge.

Presently before the court is the motion of defendants, H & M, Inc., William H. Quigley, Jr. and Jack D. Murphy, to change their plea from not guilty to nolo contendere. Defendants and co-conspirators are charged with conspiring to allocate customers, rig bids and fix prices on motopaving projects in a four county area of Pennsylvania in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. The United States government opposes defendants’ motion. On June 11, 1982, a hearing was held, in camera, to determine the merits of the motion. For *2the reasons set forth…