IN RE: Protection Devices and Equipment and Central Station Protection Service Antitrust Cases

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PROTECTION DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT AND g
CENTRAL STATION PROTECTION SERVICE
ASPATRHSEREASES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Jury demand date:
_ D.C.FormNo.16ARev.	8
9 TITLE OF CASE ATTORNEYSFor plaintiff:
C SPECIAL NOTE:	Pamel Opinion of October 3, 1968 cited
at 295 F.Supp. 39(1968)
Panel Opinion of November 14, 1968 cited
at 297 F. Supp. 622 (1968)
For defendant: i
I I Ea
J.S. 5 mailed Clerk
J.S. 6 mailed Marshal
Basis of Action: Docket fee
@ Witness fees
Action arose at: Depositions
DATE | PROCEEDINGS TedgmentNoted¢7/17/68 Order to Show Cause signed by Judge Murrah sent to all parties
by Clerk.
8/2/68 Response to Order to Show Cause filed on behalf of Pizitz, Inc. etal.
8/5/68 Response on behalf of Chicago's plaintiffs why actions shoulw
| not be transferred.
|
8/7/68 Opposition filed on behalf of Smith Detectice Agency, McCane-
Sandock, Federal Engineering Call's Police Signal Corp,
Merchan's Police Alarm Corp., Michigan Burglar Alarm
Systems, Automatic Alarm Corp. & Pacific Fire Extinguisher Co. ®
8/9/68 Memorandum in Opposition to transfer filed on behalf of plaintiffs,
Rhodes Western.
8/8/68 Memorandum filed in response to Order to Show Cause filed on
behalf of Robinson Protective Alarm Corp.
10/3/68 Order from Judge Sugarman consenting to transfer multidistrict litigation to
Southern District of New York.
10/3/68 Memorandum and Order transferring Civil Actions under Section 1407, Title 28,
{ 1 1 - AP hoi
United States Code to the Southern District of New York (except tag-along cas X78" }
10/9/68 Show Cause Order signed by Judge biurrah (dated 10/9/68) for additional cases
(tag-along) listed in Schedule B.
10/14/68 | Response of Plaintiffs in Civil Action Nos. 68C 1662, 68C 1663 and 68C 1667
to show cause order (tag—-along)
10/15/68 | Response of plaintiff (Electro-Protective Corp., et al., Civ. 763-68 (N.J.) to
show cause order (tag-along).
10/25/68 | Filed order making correction in Schedule 4 issued on Oct. 3 as follows:
2. Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. Orinnell Corp., et al. S.D.N.Y. ®	67 Civ. 2249
11/14/68 | Filed order of Judicial Panel transferring tag-along cases to the
Southern District of New York
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SERVICE ANTITRUST CASES X RA .
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No. Caption , Court Judge D.C. No.
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A-1] United States vo AEs] Corp., st al. IAN Y., S. {65 Civ.2486
® AL ESATA a // , 2	A-2 | Federated Department Stores, Inc. v. a
Grinnell Corp., et al. — NL . Ur gre 2249
A-3} R. H. Macy & Co., Inc. Vv. Grinnell}§ EU / |Corp., et al. I oo " 7 oe) IS 67Civ. 2258
A-4) City Stores Co., et al. v. Grinnell. |
Corp., et al. IE RA D " ‘§67Civ. 2259
A-5| Russ Togs, Inc., et al. v: Grinnell IN	Corp., et al. REE n 167Cciv. 2594
A-6] Interstate Department Stores, Inc., 1 . J :
et al. v. Grinnell Corp., et al. “FN TTT ¥ /56 Ne 7Civ. 25985
A-71 Swank, Inc. v. Grinnell Corp., et al.	}] > .- } oo" . 67Civ. 25986
A-8] Associated Dry Goods Corp., et al. v. Co : os 5]Grinnell Corp., et al. W | n pe DY 25/4 k67Civ. 2606
A-9 | Gimbel Brothers, Inc., et al. v. NN
Grinnell Corp., et al. ~~ = RN " 167 Civ.261Q
@ The May Department Stores Co. Vv. 1 |	Grinnell Corp., et al. 1 oo" 67Civ. 2612
A-11} Zale Corp., et al. v. Grinnell Corp., |
et al. EEE SU UE 67Civ. 2619
A-12] Allied Stores Corp., et al. v. 3
Grinnell Corp., et al. EE BE § " $667Civ. 2618
A-13 | Berkey Photo, Inc., et al. v. Grinneld | & —— —— Yi os
Corp., et al. | | " © Tove civ. 262
@ Spartans Industries, Inc., et al. v. LFGrinnell Corp., et al. it Ace	— 55/2575 ¥civ. 2622
A-154 Howard Harlem, Inc., et al. v. Grinnell _ i
Corp., et al. CE: FS RA, EE H7Civ. 2940
A-16 § W. T. Grant Co. v. Grinnell Corp., et fl. " p7 Civ.3820
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SERVICE ANTITRUST CASES
Date of District B
No. Caption Sinininols Court Judge D.C. No,
} [20 Ale ~ 7 i
A-17} Lerner Stores Corp., et al, v. Grinne}l
C Corp., et al. wt .§s.p., N.v. 67Civ.4433
A-18J McCrory Corp. v. Grinnell Corp.,	et aj. " 67Civ.4720
A-19} S. Klein Dept. Stores, Inc. v. Cw |
Grinnell Corp., et al. Ne o " l67Civ. 478%
A-20§ Federal's Inc. v. Grinnell Corp., et LV BSL 5/>5/5 ME68Civ.573
A-21] Arlan's Dept. Stores, Inc., et al. v. R N	Grinnell Corp., et al. SS SE J). / _M68Civ.574
Bey 45/2/05 |
A-22} Cunningham Drug Stores, Inc., et al. | : oo
Vv. Grinnell Corp., et al. 1. S81 X-// 7 NE68Civ.659
A-23] Zayre Corp., et al. v. Grinnell Corp.} Ph.N . /| et al. BE Sa SE. SY/.27) o$~f68Civ. 2361
A-241 Smith Detective Agency & Nightwatch i
Service, Inc. v. Ameri an District]
Telegraph Co., et al./l: gE YY 7/" 67Civ.2240
~
A-25] McCane-Sondock Protection Systems, Ing.
v. American D¥strigt Tel®grap . Me :
® et al. c Zee X/ 67Civ.2241
A-26{ Federal Engineering Co., Inc. v. Amga Jcan
District Telegraph Co., et al ZaArZd«4i a 3/4 v4 67Civ.2242
A-27] Call's Police Signal Corp. v. Amepfca gs _ || District Telgraph Co., et algZlrHc2gzes 255] 67Civ.2243
A-28} Merchants Police Alarm Corp. v. Ame do]District Telegraph Co., et al	. JOPPA Atos 3/4 v/ 167Civ. 2244
A-29] Michigan Burglar Alarm Systems, Inc.,|
o et al. v. Ameri istrict Peleggray ’Co., et al. : < ¥/ : §67Civ. 2245
A-30}] Automatic Alarm Corp. V. Americgy i
District Telegraph Co., et 4#¢<Z X7 ne 7 67Civ.2246A-31 J] The Grand Union Company Vv. Grinnell
- Corp., et al. Ce ee " p8Civ.2509
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Date ®f District ] -
No. Caption Tainbamh Court Judge D.C. No.
, IWSEEE - -
A-32 | Hutzler Bros. Co. v. Grinnell Corp., qt al. s.0., wv. bop) fo 8 68Civ. 2669
®.... J. C. Penney Co. v. Grinnell Corp., eff alf | " . j68Civ.2670
A-34 Cartier, Inc. v. Grinnell Corp., et aj. : " E68Civ.2671
A-35] Robert Hall Clothes, Inc., et al. v. | CL
Grinnell Corp., et al. ~ I EEX ooo" 1 168Civ. 2722
A-36} Su Crest Corp., et al. v. Grinnell i
Corp., et al. a " §68Civ.2723
A-37} Snyder Drug Stores, Inc. v. Grinnell | |
Corp., et al. we : Loo" 68Civ.2741
A-38] Aldens, Inc. v. Grinnell Corp... et all. " §168Civ.2742
A-39] Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. v. Grinnell Corp.
et al. EE | EE 68Civ.2743
A-40] Shoppers World Midway Corp., gt al. Vv 2
Grinnell Corp., et al. Fir didgek Nilay . \ l68civ.2744~~
A-41] The State of New Ygrk v. Grinnell QO)
Corp., et al.cZ ~ cg BW % ! " : 168Civ.2765	© \ )
0... The Port of New York Authority v.. 1 \)Grinnell Corp., et al. Cor a " 68Civ.2766
A-43] Supermarkets General Corp., et al. v.} |
Grinnell Corp., et al. . "oo 68Civ.2774
A-44| Hart Schaffner & Marx, et al. v. 1
Grinnell Corp., et al. ww Com §68Civ. 2771
A-45] American 2h 09 AUS tL) ef «FNXfnd _— op. dt Z] \
et a (AL €finnell Corp., &P%a 2 Yosk7/ ==== [68Civ.2776
@.. Shoe Corporation of America v. Grinnell ‘Corp., et al. CE tt" 68Civ.2793
A-47] Rapid American Corp. Vv. Grinnell Corpg, |
et al. SE WV| RE a 68Civ.2794
A-48% The B. V. D. Co., Inc., et al. v._ :
Grinnell Corp., et al. EE Me 68Civ.2795
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Dates District ; =
No. Caption ed Court Judge D.C. No.
A-49 | The Certified Alarm & Signa} Co. Vv. so
® Grinnell Corp., et al.&C& a4 2 IS.D., N.Y. 68Civ.2556A-50] Gerson Zimmerman d/b/a Ace of Spades :
Burglar Alarm Co. Vv. Grinnell Corp :
et al. : g " 168Civ.2557
A-51] Protection Alarms, Cc. V. Grinnell : :
Corp., et al. ’ " : 68Civ.2558
H .
| \
| A-52] Bay Alarm Co. V FEEL wu SEA " j68Civ.2559
A-53] Apex Signal Service Diyision of Apex
| Genie, Inc. v. riding Coxrp., &t 4 PQ " 68Civ.2560A-54] Peter J. Newmann d/b/a/ albany Protec q :
Service v. GrinnellyCarp. et al. 4 A " 68Civ.2561
A-55] Thomas DelLarue, Inc. v. Automatic Fire NS
Alarm Co. of Dejpyarpy phd we 4 AL, 23 | j68Civ. 2647
A-56}) Pacific Fire Exteinguisher Co. yg’ 4 AS 4_7Z = 399 :American District Telegraph#Co., €% a " j68civ. 2746
A-57] Owl Protective Co., Inc, (N.Y.) v. )
® Grinnell Corp HERE ne p ” lesciv. 2779A-58] Owl Protective Co., Inc. (Pa v. 0)Grinnell Corp., et al, gC ZONE | 68Civ.2780
A-59| Imperial Products CoZ, Inc. Vv. Grinne
Corp., et al _~ A 2 qe " 68Civ.2781
A-60] Central Office Alarm Co., I v. B | |	Grinnell Corp., et al._Zg&Xe4 2 _d 68Civ.2782
A-61}] Damon Alarm Corp., et al. v. AmericapyBl } :[ District Telegraph Co., et al. A A py = 68Civ.2789A-62{ Walworth Co., et al. v. Grianell | i \ : \ |Corp., et al. Som | " J68Civ. 2828
A-63] Silberman Fur Corp., et al. v. Holmes
Electric Protection Co. TT, LL 68Civ.2829
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SERVICE ANTITRUST CASES
DateéM District :
No. Caption ) Shinlepnle Court Judge D.C. No.
“7 7 4 1 79
A-64] Brink's, Inc., ov AAT ttl : ly
C Corp., et al. Ill., N. 66Civ.2125
A-65) Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Grinnell Corp : | :
et al. wt i » 867Civ.776
A--64 Western Auto. Supply Co. v. Grinnell. | :
Corp., et al. ] vr. ro 67Civ.918
PY. AL ay ; .
A-67 J Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Grinnel / aa) \ y/ y/ 77Corp., et al. I ! ” 3 Ng§67Civ.1167
A-68| Stackler Enterprises v. American ) |) |
District Tg °5r3eh Co., et al. y 2/7" i esciv.33lA-69] Pizitz, Inc. ale. v. AAmgri :
| bistro HEIST br Pet fre fh LY} 21a., v. 5 67Civ.471
A-70] Manhattan-Ward, Inc., et al. v. lO.
Grinnell orp. pei ak, or pa, 5.75] fos-1489
A-71}] City of Detroit, et al. v. Grinnell
Corp. Sly	one meen ARE] "7 68-1478
A-72] 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc., et al : |
v. Grin ‘ t_ a EP " // 68-1479: ASK
A-73| Associated Barr Stores, Inc., et al. | : py,
v. Grinnell Corp., et al. = ' =’ oo. (a 68-1490
A-74] Rhodes Western v. Grinnell Corp., |] 4
] et al. o SE | calif., N.2 49577
a-75 | Security ProLfRtianhl	atime Roma | |et al. ¥. ericah District Te egr 37 No ibe C 1Co. A N.Y., W. Yv l68-210
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ANTITRUST CASES
D ®! District :
No. Caption : plnleech Court Judge D.C. No.
bcd J
B~1 jState of New Jergeé fo Gig, ocho aba > 4 MA ¥linois, N. Perry ~\ §68C 1667
® B-2 lState of Maryland A Coetntbl Cadoat at 165 J, 2 [Y1inois, N. # Perry N 68C 1663
B-3 State of comet cr. Gimme cheb] py cd: linois, N gf Perry Nlosc 1662B-4 |Electro-Protective Corporation, National
Protective Corporation, and Freddie Schnell § N :
v. Grinnell Corporation and American CL |
District CPHEED vne New Jersey jCiv. 763-68	/C Yl
; Ce Tria) EE LE
d | I L -
ere Fes SO TDS a SE
F. ‘ ‘ Ie ) ~~ - wT y J 1A? 4 2) g Idy; i. '
C »“J pp > 7 }
X-1 {Morse Si “yices, Ing. al, d T7/ : }
| | Grin oFpofatiorn, © . Worse N.Y., S. 68 Civ.3538
| X-2 |Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.,.et {INT/{ |
| al. v. Grinnell Corp., et al. ~~ “f2/25/9f] N.Y., S. : $68 Civ3229
X-3 Mutual Central Stations Alarm Corp. Vv. I i }
The Protectowire Co. £ZLd ac PP 1%] 1% 5 169 civ 110X-4 JM. N. Landau Stores, Ing. v. Grinnell NTN
Corporation, etc.	A = << 7b N.X,,, 5S. 69 Civ 141
12/5 ¢ : ‘
X-5 | M. H. Fishman Co., Inc. ,v. Grniiell NTN | 7
Corporation, etc. Re 2rIcde ccf /34 2 r S. 29 Civ 135
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@® DESCRIPTION OF LITIGATIONoo Docket No. 9 - MULTIDISTRICT CIVIL ANTITRUST ACTIONS INVOLVING
PROTECTION DEVICES AND EQUIPMENT AND CENTRAL
STATION PROTECTION SERVICES
No. PIERRE. Interested | Counsel Defendant
. Hopkins, Sutter, Owen, Mulroywentz & Davis
Winston B. McCall One North LaSalle Street
oderick M., MacLeod, Jr. Esq. Chicaco. T11
Pritchard, McCall & Jones 89>
831 Frank Nelson Bldg. .CL Seymour Simon
Birmingham, Ala 35203 9 South LaSalle St
James C. Barton Esq. hicago, Ill
pani for Savings Bldg. tackler, Levenfeld, Levy and Stacklerirmlnghat, fia. 1 South LaSalle St
nicago, Ill.
Drayton T. Scott, Esq. Noel E. Story Esq. Antitrust Div.
First National Bldg. Dept. of Justice
Birmingham. Ala. Washington, D.C.
George H. Brown, Esq. .
Robinson, Williams, Brown Sasev, Lane & Mittendorf
Robinson & Angeloff New York a Y. 10004
700 Reynolds Arcade Bldg. >
Rochester, New York Richard M. Clinton Esq.
Steinhart, Goldberg, Feigenbaum & Lado pept. of JusticeSuite 900 & ve
| 111 Sutter Street E .
| San Francisco, Calif. Wolff, Block, Schorr, Solas-Cohen
| C ackard Bldg. :	| David Berger hiladelphia, Pa.
100 nol oe. tonsagud 72
ier & Coh sek, Ind & \itgen§o\
26 \BroYdw
NewYork, \. 10
James F. Fahenden, Jr. N :
38 South Dearborn Street gellyfotebarl ¢ Manges
Chicago, Ill. New Yorm N.Y. 10017
: Richard E. Powell . .
@ [eo hams sere Marvin Fenster, Esquire |	, Chicago, Ill New York N.Y. 10001
Arnstein, Gluck, Weizenfeld & Minow Liebman. Eulau. Robinson & Perlman
120 South LaSalle St 32 East 57th St
Chicago, Ill. New York, N.Y. 10022
No. RTOX
| Parxer, Chapin & Flattau Sidney Goldstein C
530 Fifth Ave. 11 Eighth Ave. 4
| New York City, New York New York, N.Y. 11
Gould & Wilkie Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen & Kamin
1 Wall St. 500 Fifth Ave. N.Y. 10036
New York, N.Y. 10005
Ben Herzberg
Solinger & GpbRdon Hays, Sklar, & Herzberg
250 Park Ave. 200 Park Ave.
New York City, N.Y. New York, N.Y. 10017
Rosenman, Colin, Kaye, Petschek Polier, Tulin & Payson C	Freund & Emil 22 East 40th St.
575 Madison Ave. New York City, N.Y. 10016
New York City, N.Y.
Dickstein, Shapiro Silver & Galligan
Halperin, Shivitz, Scholer & Steingut f20 East 46th St.
11 East 44th St. New York, N.Y. 10017
| New York City, N.Y.
| Winer, Neuburger & Sive
| Rubin, Wachtel, Baum & Levin Whs Park Ave.
598 Madison Ave. New York City, N.Y. 10022
New York N.Y. 10022
Joel E. Huffman
| Hannigan, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn Wald, Hurkrader & Rockefeller	2290 First National Bldg. 1225 19th St. N.W.
| Detroit, Michigan 148226 Washington D.C.
| Nierenberg, Gilixon, Zeif & Weinstein Jack Lipson	I 230 Park Ave. Arnold & Porter
New York City, N.Y. 10017 1239 19th St. N.W.
Washington D.C. 20046
Simpson, Thacher, & Bartlett
1120 Broadway J. Lee Rankin
New York City, N.Y. 10005 Coproration Counsel
City of New York C	Stroock & Stroock & Lavan Law Dept.
{61 Broadway unicipal Bldg.
New York N.Y. 10006 New York, New York 10007
Holtzmann, Wise & Shepard Peter Haagland
130 Broad Street ald, Harkrader & Rockefeller
New York, N.Y. 10004 1225 19th St. N.W.
ashington, D.C.
{Louis Lefkowitz
Capitol Matthew Kenney
Albany, New York 12224 Howry, Simon, Baker & McHerson
or 707 H. St.N.W. C180 Centre Street ashington D.C. 4
iNew York, N.Y. 10013 :
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DOCKET NO. 9 - PROTECTION DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT AND CENTRAL STATION PROTECTION SERVICE
ANTITRUST CASES
No. Plaintiff Defendant
B-1 (a) Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General, State (a) Denis G. McInerney & Thomas Curnin
® of New Jersey, State House Annex, Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl	Trenton, New Jersey 08625 80 Pine St., New York, N.Y. 10005
(b) Joseph A. Hoffman, First Assistant | (b) Macdonald Flinn, White & Case, 14 Wall St.,
Attorney General, State of New Jersey, New York, N.Y. 10005
State House Annex, Trenton, New :
Jersey 08625 (¢) J. Francis layden, Stickles, Hayden, Kenned
Hort & Van Steenburgh, 36 West 44th St.,
(¢) Granvil I. Specks & Sheldon O. Collen, : New York, N.Y. 10036
208 South La Salle St., Chicago,
Illinois 60604 (d) Bud G. Holman, Kelley, Drye, Newhall, °
Maginnes & Warren, 350 Park Avenue,
(d) Perry Goldberg, 208 South La Salle St., New York, N.Y. 10022
Chicago, Illinois 60604
| (e) Benjamin M. Quigg, Jr., Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius, 123 South Broad Street,
Philadelphia, Pa. 19109
B-2 (a) Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, Same as B-1 (a), (b), (¢), (d) and (e)
State of Maryland, One Charles Center,
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
(b) William L. Siskind & Neil Tabor,
940 Maryland National Bank Building,
® 10 Light St., Baltimore, Md. 21202
Same as B-1 (c) and (d)
B-3 | (a) Robert K. Killian, Attorney General, Same as B-1 (a), (b), (¢), (d) and (e)
State of Connecticut, State Office
Building, 30 Trinity St., Hartford,
Connecticut
(b) Norris L. O'Neill, 50 State Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
C Same as B-1 (c¢) and (d)
No. : Plaintiff Defendant
B-4 (a) Sidney Krieger, Krieger & Zucker, Same as B-1 (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) @®	11 Commerce Street, Newark, N.J. O0710f
(b) Wm. Warfield Ross, Donald IH. Green &
Joel E. Hoffman, Wald, Harkrader &
Rockefeller, 1225 - 19th St., N.W.,
Washington, U. C. 20036
X-1 § a. David I. Shapiro, Esquire @®| Dickstein, Shapiro, Dennis &
Galligan
20 East 46th Street
New York, New York 10017

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