United States v. Bechtel Corporation

648 F.2d 660 1981-1 Trade Cases 64,111 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BECHTEL CORPORATION, Bechtel Incorporated, Bechtel Power Corporation, Bechtel International, Inc. and Bechtel International Corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 79-4194. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 14, 1981. Decided June 18, 1981. Lee Loevinger, Washington, D. C., argued for defendants-appellants; Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., Janet F. Bentley, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, San Francisco, Cal., on brief. William D. Coston, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before SKOPIL and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * District Judge. SKOPIL, Circuit Judge: INTRODUCTION 1 Bechtel Corporation, Bechtel Incorporated, and certain of their subsidiaries ("Bechtel") appeal the entry of a consent judgment. The decree was entered in an antitrust action based on Bechtel's alleged participation in the Arab boycott of Israel. We conclude that the acts of the government, taken after a stipulation consenting to the judgment was filed, do not require that…