[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69595-69596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22664]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Proposed Termination of Final Decree

    Notice is hereby given that Ludowici Roof Tile, Inc. 
(``Ludowici''), successor in interest to Ludowici-Celadon Company 
(``Ludowici-Celadon''), a defendant in Unitd States v. Ludowici-Celadon 
Co., et al., In Equity No. 9022 (N.D. III. Mar. 12, 1929), has filed a 
motion to terminate the final Decree entered in that matter on March 
18, 1929 (the ``Decree''). The Antitrust Division of the Department of 
Justice, in a Stipulation also filed with the Court, tentatively has 
consented to termination of the Decree, but has reserved the right to 
withdraw its consent pending receipt of public comments.
    On March 12, 1929, the United States filed a Petition against 
Ludowici-Celadon and sixteen individuals, including certain exclusive 
sales agents, ``preferred roofers,'' and certain Ludowici-Celadon 
officers, directors, and employees. The Petition alleged that the 
defendants conspired to restrain interstate trade and commerce in the 
manufacture and sale of ``roofing tile'' and to monopolize and attempt 
to monopolize such trade. The Decree defined ``roofing tile'' as ``tile 
produced from shale or clay and used as a covering for pitched roofs, 
cornices and other exposed surfaces of buildings and structures.''
    The Decree perpetually enjoined the defendants from continuing the 
conspiracy or entering into any combination similar thereto. The Decree 
prohibited the defendants from engaging in any exclusionary or 
otherwise potentially or patently anticompetitive conduct. The Decree 
also perpetually enjoined Ludowici-Celadon from acquiring ownership or 
control of any additional plants engaged in the manufacture and sale of 
roofing tile.
    The Department has filed with the Court a memorandum setting forth 
the reasons the United States believes that termination of the Decree 
would serve

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the public interest. Copies of the motion papers, the Stipulation 
containing the United States' tentative consent, the United States' 
memorandum, and all other papers filed with the Court in connection 
with the motion will be available for inspection at the Antitrust 
Documents Group, Antitrust Division, Room 215, 325 7th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20530, and at the Office of the Clerk of the United 
States District court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern 
Division. Copies of these materials may be obtained from the Antitrust 
Division upon request and payment of the copying fees set by Department 
of Justice regulations.
    Interested persons may submit comments regarding the proposed 
termination of the Decree to the United States. Such comments must be 
received by the Antitrust Division within sixty days and will be filed 
with the Court by the United States. Comments should be addressed to 
Maribeth Petrizzi, Chief, Litigation II Section, Antitrust Division, 
U.S. Department of Justice, 1401 H Street, NW., Suite 3000, Washington, 
DC 20530 (202-307-0924).

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-22664 Filed 11-15-05; 8:45 am]
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