Antitrust Case Chart

Antitrust Case Chart

Morgan – Fall 2006

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First Period
1890 – 1914 / Second Period
1915 – 1939
“Rule of Reason” / Third Period
1940 – 1973
“Per Se” / Modern Period
1973 – Present
Horizontal Arrangements / Price Fixing / -Trans-Missouri (1897)
-Addyston Pipe (1898) / -Chicago Bd. of Trade (1918)
-American Lumber (1921)
-Standard Oil (Indiana) (1931) (patent pool)
-Trenton Potteries (1927) (per se)
-Appalachian Coals (1933) / -Socony-Vacuum (1940)
-Container Corp. (1969) / -Goldfarb v. VA State Bar (1975)
-Nat’l Society of Engineers (1978)
-BMI (1979)
-Catalano v. Target Sales (1980)
-NCAA (1984)
-Texaco v. Fauad (2006) (joint-venture)
Market Division / -Addyston Pipe (1898) / -Timken Roller Bearing(1951)
-Topco(1972) / -Polk Bros. (1985)
-Jay Palmer v. BRG (1990)
Group Boycotts / -Eastern Lumber Dealers(1914) / -Fashion Originators (1941)
-Radiant Burners (1941)
-Klor’s v. Broadway-Hale(1969) (vertical group boycott)
-Topco (1972) / -NW Stationers (1985)
-Rothery v. Atlas Van Lines (1986)
Monopolization / -Standard Oil NJ(1911)
-Terminal RR(1912) / -US Steel (1920) / -ALCOA (1945)
-Griffith (1948)
-United Shoe(1953)
-EI DuPont(1965)
-Lorain Journal(1951) (unilateral refusal to deal)
-Utah Pie (1967) (predatory pricing) / -Aspen Skiing (1985) (unilateral refusal to deal)
-Verizon v. Trinko (2004) (unilateral refusal to deal)
-Matsushita v. Zenith (1986) (predatory pricing)
-AA Poultry (1989) (predatory pricing)
-Brooke Group v. B&W (1993) (predatory pricing)
-Le Page’s v. 3M (2003) (predatory conduct)
-Confederated Tribes v. Weyerhaeuser (2005) (predatory buying)
-Microsoft(2001) (predatory conduct)
Attempt to Monopolize / -Swift & Co. (1905) / -Spectrum Sports v. McQuillan (US 1993)
Merger / -Northern Securities(1904) / -Brown Shoe (1962)
-Philadelphia National Bank (1963)
-Von’s Grocery (1966)
-Penn-Olin(1964) (joint venture)
-El Paso Gas(1964)
-Continental Can(1964)
-Proctor & Gamble(1967) (conglomerate)
-Falstaff Brewing(1973) / -General Dynamics (1974)
-Kraft (1995)
-FTC v. Staples (1997)
-FTC v. Heinz(2001)
First Period
1890 – 1914 / Second Period
1915 – 1939
“Rule of Reason” / Third Period
1940 – 1973
“Per Se” / Modern Period
1973 – Present
Vertical Arrangements / Resale Price Maintenance / -Dr. Miles (1911) (minimum)
-Colgate (1919) / -General Electric (1926) (patent) / -Parke-Davis(1960)
-Simpson v. Union Oil (1964)
-General Motors (1966)
-Albrecht v. Herald(1968) (overruled by State Oil v. Khan 1997) / -Monsanto v. Spray-Rite (1984)
-Business Electronics v. Sharp (1988)
-State Oil v. Kahn (1997)
Territorial Allocation / -White Motor (1963) (remands case to see what impact of the restraints would be on competition)
-Schwinn(1967) (overruled by GTE Sylvania in 1977)
-Albrecht v. Herald (1968) / -GTE Sylvania (1977)
Vertical Integration
(Merger) / -Columbia Steel (1948)
Exclusive Dealing
(Requirements Contracts) / -Tampa Electric (1961)
-Standard Oil (CA)(1949)
Tying / -Int’l Salt (1947)
-Times Picayune (1953)
-Northern Pacific RR (1958)
-Loew’s(1962)
-Fortner(1969) (but on remand, found not to be illegal)
Tying in Franchise
-Carvel (1964)
-Chicken Delight (1971)
-McDonalds (1980) / -Jefferson Parish Hospital (1984)
-Kodak v. ITS (1992)
-Illinois Tool v. Independent Ink (2006)
-Microsoft (1998) (Background Case)
First Period
1890 – 1914 / Second Period
1915 – 1939
“Rule of Reason” / Third Period
1940 – 1973
“Per Se” / Modern Period
1973 – Present
Jurisdictional / Procedural Issues / Interstate Commerce / -EC Knight (1895) / -Summit Health (1991)
Foreign Commerce / -American Banana (1909) / -Harford Fire Insurance (1993)
-Hoffman-LaRoche v. Empagram (2004)
Private Litigant Standing (Antitrust Injury) / -Keogh v. Chicago & NW RR (1922) (no standing) / -Brunswick v. Pueblo Bowl (1977)
-ARCO(1990)
-Verizon v. Trinko (2004)
-Cargill v. Monofort (1986)
State Action / -Parker v. Brown (1943) / -Goldfarb v. VA State Bar (1975)
-Cal. v. Mical (1980)
-Southern Motor Carriers (1985)
Standard of Proof / -Twombly v. Bell Atlantic (2005) (plus factors)
-California Dentist (1999) (quick look)
-Matsushita (1986) (summary judgment)
-Professional Real Estate v. Columbia Picture (1993) “mere” sham)
Remedy / -Standard Oil NJ (1911) (Dissolution)
-Terminal RR (1912) (Essential Facility) / -ALCOA(1945) (no divestiture)
-United Shoe (1953) (divestiture) / -EBay v. MercExchange (2006) (injunction)