United States v. Union Pac. R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Utah
Hook, Circuit Judge, dissenting. In Equity. Suit by the United States against the Union Pacific .Railroad Company, the Oregon Short Rine Railroad Company, the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, the San Pedro, Eos Angeles & Salt Rake Railroad Company, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Eé Railway Company, the Southern Pacific Company, the Northern Pacific Railway Company, the Great Northern Railway Company, the Farmers’ Roan & Trust Company, Edward H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff,…
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Hook, Circuit Judge, dissenting. In Equity. Suit by the United States against the Union Pacific .Railroad Company, the Oregon Short Rine Railroad Company, the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company, the San Pedro, Eos Angeles & Salt Rake Railroad Company, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Eé Railway Company, the Southern Pacific Company, the Northern Pacific Railway Company, the Great Northern Railway Company, the Farmers’ Roan & Trust Company, Edward H. Harriman, Jacob H. Schiff, Otto H. Kahn, James .Stillman, Henry H. Rogers, Henry C. Frick, and William A. Clark. Decree for defendants. This suit…
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [ 1 ] To bring any transaction within the condemnation of the first section of the anti-trust law, it must be a contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of interstate or international commerce. This restraint *110must be substantial in character and the direct and immediate effect of -the transaction complained of. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United States, 175 U. S. 211, 20 Sup. Ct. 96, 44 L. Ed. 136, and cases cited. The most important feature of the complaint in this case, and the one chiefly relied upon by counsel for the government in support of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- 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
- United States v. Joint Traffic Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Anderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Field v. Barber Asphalt Paving Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
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- Interstate Commerce Commission v. All American Bus Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1937
- United States v. Pacific & A. Ry. & Nav. Co.District Court, D. Alaska · 1912
- Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Railroad CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
- Southern Pacific Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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