Legal Opinion
United States v. Otter Tail Power Company
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided September 9, 1971No. 6-69-Civ-139PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DEVITT, Chief Judge.
In this action brought under Section 2 of the Sherman Act the basic issue is whether the acts of Otter Tail Power Company, a Minnesota public utility, in refusing to sell electric power at wholesale, and refusing to wheel electric power to municipalities it formerly served at retail, constitute a monopolization of commerce in violation of the Act.
The Sherman Act, Section 2, provides:
“Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize * * * any part of the trade or commerce among the several States * * * shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor *…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Otter Tail Power Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. v. Aspen Skiing Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Franchise Realty Interstate Corporation and McDonald Systems of California, Inc. v. San Francisco Local Joint Executive Board of Culinary WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Hecht v. Pro-Football, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Andrew Byars v. Bluff City News Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
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