Legal Opinion
United States v. Standard Oil Co.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided June 28, 1948No. Civ. 6159-YPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YANKWICH, District Judge.
By this suit in equity, the Government seeks a decree adjudging that certain practices engaged in by the defendants and certain contracts entered into by them, unreasonably restrain interstate trade and commerce in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1 , and substantially lessen competition and tend to create a monopoly in a line of commerce, in violation of Section 3 of the Clayton Act. 2 The Government asks us to declare the exclusive supply provisions in the contracts and the practices flowing from them to be void and of no effect.
In addition, we…
2Cases cited107 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Parker v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Wickard v. FilburnSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Standard Oil Co. of California v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Susser v. Carvel CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
- United States v. Richfield Oil Corp.District Court, S.D. California · 1951
- Richard S. Simpson v. Union Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Balian Ice Cream Co. v. Arden Farms Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1950
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