United States v. United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP NEW JERSEY.- The case is stated in the opinion. In comprehensive terms the substance of the charge is: (1) That between 1898 and 1900 combinations were formed in various branches of the iron and steel trade, not as an incident of normal growth, but with the purpose and effect of unduly restricting competition, and that they still exist, contrary to the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890. (2) That in 1901, by…
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP NEW JERSEY.- The case is stated in the opinion. In comprehensive terms the substance of the charge is: (1) That between 1898 and 1900 combinations were formed in various branches of the iron and steel trade, not as an incident of normal growth, but with the purpose and effect of unduly restricting competition, and that they still exist, contrary to the Anti-Trust Act of July 2, 1890. (2) That in 1901, by means of a holding company, these several illegal combinations, each dominant in its respective field, and other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
court.
Suit against the Steel Corporation and certain other companies which it directs and controls by reason of the ownership of their ^stock, it and they being separately and collectively charged as violators of the Sherman AntiTrust Act.
It is prayed that it and they be dissolved because engaged in illegal restraint of trade and the exercise of monopoly.
Special charges of illegality and monopoly are made and special redresses and remedies aré prayed, among others, that there be a prohibition of stock ownership and exer*437cise of rights under such ownership, and that there shall be such orders…
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