Press Releases
Press releases issued by the Antitrust Division from 1970 through 2008 are found in this section of the site.
To find releases published beginning in 2009, please visit the Antitrust Division Press Releases page.
1970 Press Releases
December
December 22, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging that Burlington Northern Inc. has Violated the Sherman Act
December 18, 1970
Department of Justice Filed an Antitrust Suit Charging the Los Angeles Realty Board and Four of its Branches with Fixing Commission Rates for Property Sales
December 15, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to prevent the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company from Acquiring United States Lines, Inc.
December 8, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Require Asiatic Petroleum Corporation of new York to Divest Itself of the Fuel Oil Business it Acquired from C.H. Sprague & Son Co.
December 2, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Block Acquisition of First National Bank of Greeley, by the First National Bancorporation, Inc.
November
November 25, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Block the Acquisition of The Colorado Springs National Bank, by United Banks Colorado Inc.
November 18, 1970
Department of Justice Filed an Antitrust Suit Charging the long Island Board of Realtors, Inc., with Fixing Commission Rates for Property Sales
November 17, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Enjoin Three Illinois Men from Holding Controlling Interests in two Banks in Owensboro, Kentucky
November 10, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Bethlehen Steel Corporation with Using Reciprocal Purchase Arrangements With Suppliers and Customers in Violation of the Sherman Act
November 06, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging PPG Industries, Inc., with Using Reciprocal Purchasing Arrangements with Customers and Suppliers in Violation of the Sherman Act
November 05, 1970
Department of Justice Filed Suit to Block the Merger of Two of the Largest Commercial Banks Which Serve Bennington, Vermont, Area
October
October 08, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Proposed Consent Judgment Forbidding the Anthracite Export Association, six of its Member Producers of Anthracite Coal, and Two Affiliated Wholesalers of Anthracite From Fixing Prices and Allocating the Supply of Antharcite
September
September 28, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging the Nation's Second Largest Banana Importer and a New York trucking Firm with Conspiring to Eliminate Competition in the Carting of Bananas
September 18, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Standard Oil Company with Fixing Prices of Gasoline and other Products and Services Sold at Stations Operated by its Commission Managers
September 01, 1970
Department of Justice Filed Two Civil Antitrust Suits to Require Combustion Engineering, Inc., to Sell its Interest in Wickes Boiler Division and The Bauer Brothers Company
August
August 3, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Navajo Freight Lines, Inc., Three Affiliated Companies and Two of their Directors with Violations of Clayton Act
July
July 31, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Armco Steel Co., with Using Reciprocal Purchase Arrangements with Suppliers and Customers in Violation of the Sherman Act
July 29, 1970
Department of Justice Filed an Antitrust Suit Charging Cleveland Real Estate Board with Fixing Commission Rates for Property Sales
July 22, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Against The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors
July 20, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Require Movielab, Inc. to Divest Itself of the Professional Film Processing Business it had Acquired from Berkey Photo Inc.
July 8, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Block Acquisition of First National Bank of Greeley, by the First National Bancorporation, Inc
June
June 30, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Separate Antitrust Suit Against Five Textile Companies, Charging Each with Engaging in an Illegal Conspiracy with their Wholesalers and Retailers to Eliminate Competition in the Retail Sale of Prime Line Sheets and Pillowcases.
June 29, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Against Republic Steel Co. Charging the Use of Reciprocal Purchase Arrangements with Suppliers and Customers in Violation of the Sherman Act
June 22, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging that American Steamship Co. and its Controlling Corporation, Oswego Shipping Co. Violated the Clayton Act in the Acquisition of two Steamship Companies Operating in Great Lakes
June 15, 1970
Department of Justice Filed Three Antitrust Suits Charging Four Grain Exporting Companies with Entering into Unlawful Agreements Providing for Exclusive Stevedoring Services at Their Grain Elevators in Gulf Coast Ports
June 01, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Against Inland Steel Co. Charging the Use of Reciprocal Purchase Arrangements with Suppliers and Customers in Violation of the Sherman Act.
May
May 21, 1970
Department of Justice Filed Two Antitrust Suits Against Domestic and Foreign Companies Engaged in Manufacture and Sale of Quinine and Quindine.
May 18, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Block the proposed Acquisition of Weldaloy Products Company, by P.R. Mallory and Co. as Illegal under Antitrust Laws.
May 04, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Simmons Company with Fixing Prices and Bids
April
April 24, 1970
Department of Justice Filed an Antitrust Suit to Prevent The Wachovia Corporation of Winston-Salem, from Acquiring American Credit Corporation
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Against Three Chemical Manufacturers and the Owner of the Patents on Chemical Products
April 22, 1970
Department of Justice Filed an Antitrust Suit Charging Westinghouse Electric Corporatioon and two Japanese Companies with Conspiring to Restrain Trade Between the United States and Japan Through Restrictive Patent and Technology Licensing Agreements
April 20, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging the Nation's Dominant Breeder of Chrysanthemums with Conspiring with on of its Subsidiaries and a Non Profit Corporation to Monopolize Trade in Chrysanthemum Cuttings.
April 17, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging the Copper Development Association, Inc., and 11 Copper Fabricating Companies with Entering into an Unlawful Agreement to Restrict the Assignment and Licensing
April 2, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Require Healthcare Corporation, of Boston, Massachusetts, to Divest Itself of General Dental Supply Co., Inc.
March
March 31, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Northern Natural Gas Company of Omaha, Nebraska with Monopolizing the Sale of Natural Gas to Industrial Customers.
March 27, 1970
Department of Justice Filed an Antitrust Suit Charging Five Los Angeles Are trash-Hauling Trade Associations with Conspiring to Allocate Customers and to Rig Bids in Violation of Sherman Act
March 26, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Against The Cleveland Trust Company to Require it to Divest Itself of Stock Interests in Certain Major Manufacturers of Automatic Machine Tools to Eliminate its Interlocking Directorships in such Companies
March 19, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Against Three Manufacturers of Ampicillin and Other Semisynthetic Penicillins, Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics
March 6, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Evans Products Company, of Portland, Oregon, with Making a Reciprocal Purchasing and Selling Arrangements With Railroads
February
February 27, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Block the Acquisition of The Peoples National Baank of Manassas, by United Virginia Bankshares Incorporated
February 24, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging the Times Printing Company with Attempting to Monopolize the Daily Newspaper Market in Chattanooga, Tennessee
February 19, 1970
Department of Justice filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Viking Carpets, Inc. with Allocating Sales Territories and Fixing Prices for Viking Carpets.
February 4, 1970
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit to Require Crowell Collier and Macmillan, Inc. to Divest itself of C.G. Conn Ltd. amd Uniforms by Ostwald, Inc.
