District Court, D. North Dakota January 13, 1969, Civ. No. 4316 (City of Hankinson v. Otter Tail Power Co.)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

RONALD N. DAVIES, District Judge.

On June 5, 1967, the City of Hankinson, North Dakota, executed an agreement by which it retained the law firms of Thompson, Lundberg & Nodland, Bismarck, North Dakota, and Pringle, Herigstad, Meschke, Loder, Mahoney & Purdy, Minot, North Dakota, to “investigate possible restraint of trade and violation of antitrust laws by Otter Tail Power