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State v. Creamery Package Manufacturing Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided April 22, 1910No. Nos. 16,299—(20)PublishedCited by 6 opinions

The county attorney for Steele county, at the request and direction of the attorney general of the state and by virtue of the law in such cases provided, began an action in the district court for Steele county against the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company and the Owatonna Manufacturing Company.

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The county attorney for Steele county, at the request and direction of the attorney general of the state and by virtue of the law in such cases provided, began an action in the district court for Steele county against the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company and the Owatonna Manufacturing Company. Among other matters the complaint alleged that on March 1, 1898, defendants and many other corporations, firms and persons to the plaintiff unknown which were engaged in the same business as that of defendants, and among all of which there was then strong competition, entered into an agreement,…

1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.

This action was brought under sections 5168 and 5169, R. L. 1905, for judgment forfeiting the charter of the Owatonna Manufacturing Company, a domestic corporation, and prohibiting the further transaction of business in the state of Minnesota by the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, a corporation of the state of Illinois. The trial court found that the Owatonna Company had not violated any law, and directed judgment in its favor, but found that the Creamery Company had “entered into a pool and combination in restraint of trade,” and thereby “has forfeited its license to transact…

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2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. Hammond Packing Co. v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  4. Bement v. National Harrow Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  5. Heaton-Peninsular Button-Fastener Co. v. Eureka Specialty Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. State ex rel. Young v. Standard Oil Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
  3. State v. Minneapolis Milk Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  4. Northern Natural Gas Co. v. County of Blue EarthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
  5. Erickson v. Revere Elevator Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910

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