The much-scrutinized trial over Hearst Corp.'s acquisition of the San Francisco Chronicle got under way Monday in federal court in San Francisco. The civil antitrust action, brought by real estate magnate and former mayoral candidate Clint Reilly, charges the $660 million sale of the Chronicle to Hearst, and the subsequent sale of Hearst's San Francisco Examiner, will kill newspaper competition in the city.
May 01, 2000 at 12:00 AM
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Another chapter in San Francisco’s storied history of bare-knuckle politics began Monday in U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker’s courtroom.
Built on a foundation of thin ice and marked by lawyers from three different camps trying to spin the essentially undisputed facts of the case in their favor, the much-scrutinized trial over Hearst Corp.’s acquisition of the San Francisco Chronicle got under way.
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