United States v. United States Gypsum Company (340 U.S. 76)

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United States v. United States Gypsum Company (340 U.S. 76)
by Stanley Forman Reed
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905952United States v. United States Gypsum Company (340 U.S. 76) — SyllabusStanley Forman Reed
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United States Supreme Court

340 U.S. 76

United States  v.  United States Gypsum Company

 Argued: and Submitted Oct. 19, 1950. --- Decided: Nov 27, 1950

See 340 U.S. 909, 71 S.Ct. 289.

Where summary decree was an adjudication of violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act by concerted action of defendants through fixed-price patent licenses, accepting as true the underlying facts in defendants' proof by proffer, the government was entitled only to relief based on that finding and the proffered facts. Sherman Anti-Trust Act, §§ 1-4, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-4; Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. rule 56, 28 U.S.C.A.

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Mr. Charles H. Weston, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mr. Bruce Bromley, New York City, for appellees United States Gypsum Co. et al.

Mr. Norman A. Miller, Chicago, Ill., for appellee Certain-Teed Products Corp.

Messrs. Andrew J. Dallstream, Chicago, Ill., Walter G. Moyle, Ralph P. Wanlass, Washington, D.C., Albert E. Hallett, Chicago, Ill., for appellee Celotex Corp.

Elmer E. Finck, Buffalo, N.Y., Joseph S. Rippey, Rochester, N.Y., David I. Johnston, Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellees National Gypsum Co. et al.

Mr. Justice REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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