Standard Oil Co. of Ky. v. Tennessee
Supreme Court of the United States
EREOR TO THE SUPREME• COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of certain ' provisions of - the anti-trust statute of Tennessee of 1903, are stated in the opinion.
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EREOR TO THE SUPREME• COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of certain ' provisions of - the anti-trust statute of Tennessee of 1903, are stated in the opinion. The anti-trust act of Tennessee, upon which the present proceeding is based, is not a statute prescribing the conditions on which foreign corporations are admitted to do business in Tennessee, neither is it a statute prescribing the procedure to be employed against corporations to punish them for corporate wrongdoing. It is- a general criminal law denouncing combinations, agreements, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
The plaintiff in error is a Kentucky corporation and seeks to reverse a decree of the Supreme Court of Tennessee for-, bidding it to do business, other than interstate commerce, in the latter State. 120 Tennessee, 86. The ground of the decree is that the corporation and certain named agents entered into an arrangement for the purpose and with the effect of lessening competition in the sale of oil at Gallatin, Tennessee, and with the further result of advancing the price of oil there. The acts proved against the corporation were held.to entail the ouster under a statute of Tennessee. Act of…
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