Legal Opinion
American Tobacco Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 10, 1946No. Nos. 18 to 20PublishedCited by 1,141 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burton
The petitioners are The American Tobacco Company, Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company,1 American Suppliers, Inc., a subsidiary of American, and certain officials of the respective companies who were convicted by a jury, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky, of violating §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, pursuant to an information filed July 24, 1940, and modified October 31,1940.
Each petitioner was convicted on four counts: (1) conspiracy in restraint of trade, (2) monopolization, (3) attempt to monopolize, and (4)…
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