Authorization for Department of Justice to Make Demand for Evidence in Civil Antitrust Investigations: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, Pursuant to S. Res. 52 on S. 167, a Bill to Authorize the Attorney General to Compel the Production of Documentary Evidence Required in Civil Investigations for the Enforcement of the Antitrust Laws, and for Other Purposes. June 7, 1961U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 - 151 pages |
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20 days 86th Congress acquiring corporation alleged antitrust violation amendment American Bar Association antitrust agency Antitrust Division antitrust laws Assistant Attorney authorized believe bill BOYD Chairman CHUMBRIS civil demand civil investigative demand Civil Procedure complaint compliance CONGRESS THE LIBRARY congressional committees consent judgment cooperation counsel criminal custodian Department of Justice district court DIXON docu documentary evidence documentary material documents duly enforcement examination Federal Rules Federal Trade Commission file search FLURRY going Government grand jury subpena inquiry inspection and copying issued Judge Loevinger Judiciary KITTRIE legislation letter LIBRARY OF CONGRESS matter merger objection obtain paper pertinent petition photostat place of business privileged proceeding provision purpose pursuant reason record relevant requested RESS return date Robinson-Patman Act Rules of Civil Senator KEFAUVER served SIMON specific statement statute subpena duces tecum tion Trade Commission Act United States Code WALLACE
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Page 56 - ... to appear before the commission, or to produce documentary evidence if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 56 - ... any documentary evidence of any corporation being investigated or proceeded against; and the commission shall have power to require by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of all such documentary evidence relating to any matter under investigation.
Page 55 - To gather and compile information concerning, . and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any corporation engaged in commerce, excepting banks and common carriers subject to the Act to regulate commerce, and its relation to other corporations and to individuals, associations, and partnerships.
Page 56 - Whenever a final decree has been entered against any defendant corporation in any suit brought by the United States to prevent and restrain any violation of the antitrust Acts, to make investigation, upon its own initiative, of the manner in which the decree has been or is being carried out, and upon the application of the Attorney General it shall be its duty to make such investigation.
Page 119 - ... the running of the statute of limitations in respect of every private right of action arising under said laws and based in whole or in part on any matter complained of in said proceeding shall be suspended during the pendency thereof...
Page 112 - This section shall not apply to corporations purchasing such stock solely for investment and not using the same by voting or otherwise to bring about, or in attempting to bring about, the substantial lessening of competition.
Page 56 - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on...
Page 118 - A final judgment or decree heretofore or hereafter rendered in any civil or criminal proceeding brought by or on behalf of the United States under the antitrust laws to the effect that a defendant has violated said laws shall be prima facie evidence...
Page 112 - February fourth, eighteen hundred and eightyseven, if such corporations are or shall have been theretofore, by virtue of their business and location of operation, competitors, so that the elimination of competition by agreement between them would constitute a violation of any of the provisions of any of the anti-trust laws.
Page 85 - States ; or, to sell, or contract to sell, goods at unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying competition or eliminating a competitor.