International Harvester Co. of America v. Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the Missouri Anti-trust Acts of 1899 and 1909, are stated in the opinion. A Federal question was raised and was decided by the Missouri Supreme Court adversely to plaintiff in error.
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EEEOR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP MISSOURI. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the Missouri Anti-trust Acts of 1899 and 1909, are stated in the opinion. A Federal question was raised and was decided by the Missouri Supreme Court adversely to plaintiff in error. The Missouri anti-trust statute is unconstitutional because it exempts from its operation and penalties all “combinations of persons engaged in labor pursuits” and is limited “ to persons and corporations dealing in commodities.” Combinations of laborers, skilled or unskilled, no less than combinations of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Information in the nature of quo warranto brought in the Supreme Court of the State to exclude plaintiff in error from the corporate rights, privileges and franchises exer cised or enjoyed by it under the laws of the State, that they be forfeited, and all or such portion of its property as the court may deem proper be confiscated or in lieu thereof a fine be imposed upon it in “punishment of the perversion, usurpation, abuse and misuse of franchises.”
The ground of the action is the alleged violation of the statutes of the State passed respectively in 1899 and 1909 and entitled “Pools, Trusts…
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