Meeker v. Lehigh Valley R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
At Law. Demurrer to complaint in action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffs by reason of an alleged conspiracy and combination to raise the charges for the transportation of anthracite coal between the mines in Pennsylvania and tide water hi New York and New Jersey, and to monopolize the trade and commerce in anthracite coal between said states, and obtain control of all the coal in Pennsylvania, and to raise the market price therefor and to…
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At Law. Demurrer to complaint in action to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffs by reason of an alleged conspiracy and combination to raise the charges for the transportation of anthracite coal between the mines in Pennsylvania and tide water hi New York and New Jersey, and to monopolize the trade and commerce in anthracite coal between said states, and obtain control of all the coal in Pennsylvania, and to raise the market price therefor and to compel independent shippers (of whom plaintiffs are one) who should continue to compete to pay such excessive rates for the…
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
Flic bill of complaint alleges a conspiracy and combination between certain parties to do certain acts, and charges that it was a combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade and commerce among the several states which is illegal and in violation of Act Cong. July 2, 1890, c. 647, 26 Stat. 209 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3200), entitled “An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,” and known as the “Sherman AntiTrust Act,” and that, “by reason of the said conspiracy and combination, the plaintiffs have been injured in their business…
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