Legal Opinion
Standard Oil Co. of California v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 13, 1949No. 279PublishedCited by 494 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This is an appeal to review a decree enjoining the Standard Oil Company of California and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Standard Stations, Inc.,1 from enforcing or entering into exclusive supply contracts with any independent dealer in petroleum products and automobile accessories. 78 F. Supp. 850. The use of such contracts was successfully assailed by the United States as violative of § 1 of the Sherman Act2 and § 3 of the Clayton Act.3
*295The Standard Oil Company of California, a Delaware corporation, owns petroleum-producing resources and refining plants in California and sells petroleum…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- United States v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- International Salt Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by494 opinions
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Brown Shoe Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. HydeSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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