Schiffman Bros, Inc. v. Texas Co

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

The only question presented in this appeal is whether the Illinois statute, Ill. Rev.Stat.1951, c. 83, § 15 providing a two-year limitation applies to an action brought under Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 15, to recover treble damages for violation of the anti-trust laws. Plaintiff recognizes that this court disposed of this question in the affirmative in Hoskins Coal & Dock Corp. v. Truax Traer Coal Co., 7 Cir., 191 F.2d 912, certiorari denied, 342 U.S. 947, 72 S.Ct. 555, but urges that we were in error and should overrule that decision. We have…