Legal Opinion
Nynex Corp. v. Discon, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 14, 1998No. 96-1570PublishedCited by 338 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
In this ease we ask whether the antitrust rule that group boycotts are illegal per se as set forth in Klor’s, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., 359 U. S. 207, 212 (1959), applies to a buyer’s decision to buy from one seller rather than another, when that decision cannot be justified in terms of ordinary competitive objectives. We hold that the per se group boycott rule does not apply.
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