256926 �. ORIGINAL TO CITY CLlRK � ��U92�
� CITY OF ST. PAUL couNCi� '``�
OFFICE OF TNE CITY CLERK FILE NO.
CIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM
PRES�ITED BY
COMMISSIONE � DATF
WHEREAS, a tions have been eommeneed in the United
States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
by governmental agencies against certain manufacturers oY
cast iron pipe and fittings and against the association of
such manufaeturers, namely: American Cast Iron Pipe Company,
Amsted Industries, Incorporated, Clow Corporation, Glamorgan
Pipe & Found�y Company, Lone Star Steel �ompany, McWane Cast
Iron Pipe Company, Mead Corporation, United States Pipe and
Foundry Company, and Cast Iron Pipe Research Association; and
WHEREAS, said complaint, seeking treble damage�, alleges
that the above named defendants violated the federal antitrust
laws by conspiring to fix prices and allocate markets in the
sale of cast iron pipe and fittings, and that, as a result of
such action, public agencies have paid higher prices than they
otherwise would have paid; and
WHEREAS, the City oY Saint Paul and the Water Department
of the City oY Saint Paul have purchased substantial quantities
of cast iron pipe and �ittings during the alleged conspiratorial
period, between the years 1945 and 1970, said purehases being
made both dire�tly Yrom suppliers and indirectly through con—
tractors in the construction of public buildings,
I�ow, Therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Saint Paul,
that it hereby authorizes and directs the oYiice of the
Carporation Counsel to join in such law suits pending or
in process of being transferred to the Northern District of
Alabama, on behalf of the City of Saint Paul and the Board
of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul.
�ORM �►PPROVE��
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COUNCILMEN � �StA Corporation �oun Adopted by the Counci� 19—
Yeas Nays � R
Butler OEC 3 t� ��'1
�• E�.�2,...�.� r e 19—
Levine
�._In Favor
Meredith
Sprafka Mayor
Tedesco --�--Agamst �97z
PUBLISHED $
Mr. President, McCarty
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OFFICE OF THE CITIf CLERK
COUNCIL RESOLUTION—GENERAL FORM
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COM1r11SSiONER oA+�
1�SaAE�B, aotioa� ��� D��a sa■�sne�d ia tat� IIait�d
Stal�s Di�triet Court tor the xorth�ra Di�trie� o! �laLa�a
by �o��r���tal a��nei�s a�aiaat eertaie �tiiaot�r� oi
oa�t isos ptp� and littisss sstd a�alast th� aasoaiatioa o=
rrah �unisettir�rs� na��lys /1�triea� Cs�t Iroa Pip� CoApa��,
A�st� Isd��tries, Inesrp�rat�A� �lox Csr�oratioa, 61a�ar�aa
Pi�• � �'e�ndrp Ci�pasy� Los� Star St��l Co�gaa�, MitWaa� Ca�t
Iro� lip� Co�pas�►, M�ad Corperatiot* IIait�� 3f�t�� Pip� sad
Fotisar�► Ca�paa�� an� Cart iros Pi�� R��MroL A��ooiatioa; a�t�
�S, �aid oa�►laiat, s��lcia� tr�til� da�a��*, all�st•
tia! th� abo�� �ued d�i��daa�• �islatM t4e f�d�ral �stitra�t
la�rs Dy oea�piriu to iiz prles� ai� allooat� �rt�t� ia th�
�al• oi ea�t iroa pip� ud iittia��, aja� t1�st, as a r���it oi
�neel� aetios,, p�tilie ��sei�� r�►T� p�it �i��r pri�e�� t�iss th��
etl��rrir• �osli ha�� p�ia= ud
MSEnEAS, tti� Cit� ot Saist Patl atid t�s t�at�r D�part��t
•i tl�� Cit� o! Sain� Paal ht�e porel4ar� �tDat�tial aaantiti��
ot oa�t ir�a pip� awd litti�s aoria� th� all�sN oe�tspirstssial
p�rio�, b�tM�a� tb� �sar� 19�5 �i i�1�0, �ai+i ptirel�n��• D�i�
�sa� both dirs�'Ql�► lso� sapplitr� aaA i•air�oti� tf�wt� �e�-
traoterr ia tL� ao��trrotioa oi p�tilie lr�il�i���
N�, �her�Ier�� b� i t
ItEdOLY=D, D�r Ll�� Co�oil oi tL� City •i saist la�l,
t�at it h�r�ti°�r astheris�• �a�i dirNt• tD� oiiio� o! tiu�
C�rp�satioa C��uts�l to �oia ia ��o� lar t�it� t�adi� or
ii prs���� o! b�ia� tra�si�rrN to t6• 1Tartl�era Di�t►riet oi
♦iatiw, os ��Lali oi t►1�• Cit� of �Saiat Patil aa� th� Do�rd
•! li�t�r C�ai�ri�aers 0! tLe City ot Ssiat P�tl.
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COUNCII�MEN Adopted by the Counc3l 19_
Yeas Nays OEC 3 0 18�
Butler �
� ��,,� ApproveKL 18—
�°�e Favor
Meredith
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sp� � ro��,at
Tedesco
Mr. President, McCarty
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