Legal Opinion
Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 27, 1961No. 87PublishedCited by 616 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
We granted certiorari to review a declaratory judgment holding illegal under § 3 of the Clayton Act 1 a requirements contract between the parties providing for the purchase by petitioner of all the coal it would require as boiler fuel at its Gannon Station in Tampa, Florida, over a 20-year period. 363 U. S. 836. Both the District Court, 168 F. Supp. 456, and the Court of Appeals, 276 F. 2d 766, Judge Weick dissenting, agreed with respondents that the contract fell within the proscription of § 3 and therefore was illegal and unenforceable. We cannot agree that the contract suffers the claimed…
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