Legal Opinion

Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 25, 1962No. 304PublishedCited by 927 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice White

This is a private treble damage action under the antitrust laws. Continental Ore Company, a partnership, and its individual partners, who were plaintiffs in the trial court, are petitioners here. Henry J. Leir, the principal party in Continental, had engaged in the buying and selling of metals, including vanadium products, in Europe prior to 1938, in which year he immigrated to the United States. This case concerns his subsequent efforts in this country to build a successful business in the production and sale of vanadium.

Vanadium is a metal obtained from certain ores which, in this country,…

2Cases cited44 opinions

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