Legal Opinion
Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 1972No. 70-49PublishedCited by 654 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Makshall
The issue presented by this case is whether § 4 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 731, 15 U. S. C. § 15, authorizes a *253State to sue for damages for an injury to its economy allegedly attributable to a violation of the antitrust laws of the United States. We hold that it does not.
I. Procedural History
Hawaii filed its initial complaint on April 1, 1968, against three of the four respondents.1 On May 24, 1968, and again on August 19, 1968, Hawaii filed amended complaints. The third amended complaint, filed on September 6, 1968, raised for the first time the issue presented herein. That complaint named…
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