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Boyle v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 4, 1919No. Nos. 2573-2585, 2590PublishedCited by 17 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Michael Boyle, Frank A. Lundmark, Raymond Cleary, Warren Ripple, Gustave W. Berthold, Otis B. Duncan, Charles J. Peterson, Charles Kreider, the Cuthbert Electrical Manufacturing Company, Henry Newgard & Co., John Cuthbert, the Electrical Apparatus Company, Julian J. Nielsen, and James Obermiller, were convicted of violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and…

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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Michael Boyle, Frank A. Lundmark, Raymond Cleary, Warren Ripple, Gustave W. Berthold, Otis B. Duncan, Charles J. Peterson, Charles Kreider, the Cuthbert Electrical Manufacturing Company, Henry Newgard & Co., John Cuthbert, the Electrical Apparatus Company, Julian J. Nielsen, and James Obermiller, were convicted of violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, and separately bring error. Plaintiffs in error were convicted of a violation of section 1 of the so-called Sherman Anti-Trust Act…

1Opinion of the CourtEvans, Circuit Judge

(after stating the facts as above). Section 1 of the Anti-Trust Act reads:

“Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal.”

The government charged plaintiffs in error (in four counts) with a conspiracy to restrain trade or commerce among the several states (in three counts), with a combination to restrain such trade, and (in two counts) with a contract to restrain such trade.

[1] Plaintiffs in error contend that none of the counts set forth an…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hyde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Eastern States Retail Lumber Dealers' Ass'n v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  3. United States v. KisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. Loewe v. LawlorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  5. United States v. PattenSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Bedford Cut Stone Co. v. Journeymen Stone Cutters' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. National Labor Relations Board v. Indiana & Michigan Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1946
  4. United States v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
  5. United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co.District Court, E.D. Missouri · 1920

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