United States v. Swift
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Proceedings by indictments against Louis F. Swift and others. On demurrers to indictments.
1Opinion of the Court
CARPENTER, District Judge.
First I will dispose of the contention that the provisions of the Sherman act (Act July 2, 1890, c. 647, *9426 Stat. 209 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3200]) are “too indefinite and uncertain in defining the elements or constituents of the crime to justify the indictments, and punishment thereunder by imprisonment or fine.”
[1] In this connection I may say that great skill and ability have been exhibited by the counsel for the defendants in analyzing the various decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States which have passed upon the Sherman act. In the view which I take…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Loewe v. LawlorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Connors v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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- United States v. Atlantic Commission Co.District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1942
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