Hopkins v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This suit was commenced by'the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, acting under the direction and by the authority of the Attorney General of the United States, against Henry Hopkins and the other defendants, residents of the State of Kansas and members of a voluntary unincorporated association, known and designated as the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This suit was commenced by'the United States attorney for the District of Kansas, acting under the direction and by the authority of the Attorney General of the United States, against Henry Hopkins and the other defendants, residents of the State of Kansas and members of a voluntary unincorporated association, known and designated as the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange. The purpose of the action is to obtain the dissolution of the exchange, and to perpetually enjoin the members from entering into or from continuing in any…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham
The relief sought in this case is based exclusively on the act of Congress approved July 2, 1890, c. 617, entitled “An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies,” commonly spoken of as the Anti-Trust act. 26 Stat. 209.
The act has reference only to that trade or commerce which exists, or may exist, among the several States or with foreign nations, and has no application whatever to any other trade or commerce.
The question meeting us at the threshold, therefore, in this case is, what is the nature of the business of the defendants, and aré the by-la ws> or any…
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