Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. The facts, which involve the legality under the Sherman Anti-trust Act of July 2,1890, 26 Stat. 209, c. 647, of a combination of manufacturers, are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. The facts, which involve the legality under the Sherman Anti-trust Act of July 2,1890, 26 Stat. 209, c. 647, of a combination of manufacturers, are stated in the opinion. The gravamen of the Government’s charge is that the scheme in this case amounted to a wicked conspiracy to circumvent the Sherman Act by basing it on a patented invention of slight or no importance which was used only as a subterfuge. Whether it is wicked to attempt to circumvent the Sherman Act depends somewhat upon the meaning of the Sherman…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Suit by the Government against appellants for a violation by them of-the act of July 2,1890, 26 Stat. 209, c. 647, commonly known as the Sherman Anti-trust Act.
A decree was entered in favor of the Government, from which appellants (designated herein as defendants) 'háve prosecuted this appeal. 191 Fed. Rep. 172.
There are sixteen corporate and' thirty-four individual defendants,- the latter, with the exception of -Edwin L. Waymaii, being the officers, presidents or secretaries, of the companies.
The corporate defendants were alleged, to be the manufacturers of enameled iron ware in various…
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