International Business MacHines Corp. v. United States

This is an appeal, § 238 of the Judicial Code, from so much of a decree of a District Court for Southern New York as enjoins the appellant from leasing its tabulating and other machines upon the condition that the lessees shall use with such machines only tabulating cards manufactured by appellant, as a violation of § 3 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 731, 15 U. S. C. § 14.

The Government brought the suit against appellant and three other corporations, all manufacturers of machines performing substantially the same functions as appellant’s, to restrain the use by each of the defendants of a…