Legal Opinion
Washington Gas Light Company v. Virginia Electric and Power Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1971No. 14605PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a decision of the district court holding certain practices of the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) to be per se violations of Section I of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and also violations of Section 3 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 14. Two issues are presented to us either of which may be decisive of the appeal. One is whether the complained of practices by VEPCO are “state action” and therefore exempt from the purview of federal antitrust legislation. Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341, 63 S.Ct. 307, 87 L. Ed. 315 (1943). The other is…
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