Legal Opinion
Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1984No. 82-1260PublishedCited by 1,358 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari to determine whether a parent corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary are legally capable of conspiring with each other under § 1 of the Sherman Act.
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The predecessor to petitioner Regal Tube Co. was established in Chicago in 1955 to manufacture structural steel *756tubing used in heavy equipment, cargo vehicles, and construction. From 1955 to 1968 it remained a wholly owned subsidiary of C. E. Robinson Co. In 1968 Lear Siegler, Inc., purchased Regal Tube Co. and operated it as an unincorporated division. David Grohne, who had previously served as vice president and…
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