United States v. United Shoe Machinery Co. of New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED SPATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. ^ .. Suit to dissolve an asserted combination and conspiracy between certaip companies, makers or dealers in bogt and shoe machinery, and the officers of the companies; also to have declared illegal and canceled certain leases and agreements, charged to be the means of the combination and conspiracy whereby, through control over the manufacturers of boots and shoes, competition has been…
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED SPATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. ^ .. Suit to dissolve an asserted combination and conspiracy between certaip companies, makers or dealers in bogt and shoe machinery, and the officers of the companies; also to have declared illegal and canceled certain leases and agreements, charged to be the means of the combination and conspiracy whereby, through control over the manufacturers of boots and shoes, competition has been prevented, inventive genius subjected to the designs of the combiners, and. conspirators, and auxiliary machines and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice McKenna,
after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court..
The charge of the bill is that defendants, not being satisfied with the monopoly of their patents and determined to extend it, conceived the idea of acquiring the ownership or control of all concerns engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of shoe machinery. This purpose was achieved, it is charged, and a monopoly acquired, and commerce, interstate and foreign, restrained by the union of competing companies and the acquisition of others. And that leases were exacted which completed and assured the control…
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