Legal Opinion
United States v. Marine Bancorporation, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 1974No. 73-38PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The United States brought this civil antitrust action under § 7 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 731, as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 18, to challenge a proposed merger between two commercial banks. The acquiring bank is a large, nationally chartered bank based in Seattle, Washington, and the acquired bank is a medium-size, state-chartered bank located at the opposite end of the State in Spokane. The banks are not direct competitors to any significant degree in Spokane or any other part of the State. They have no banking offices in each other’s home cities. The merger agreement would substitute the…
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