United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH. The facts, which involve, the .validity under the Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890 of the. purchase'by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of a dominant interest of the stock of the Southern .Pacific Company, arid whether the same "was a combination in restraint- of interstate commerce within the purview of the act, are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH. The facts, which involve, the .validity under the Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890 of the. purchase'by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of a dominant interest of the stock of the Southern .Pacific Company, arid whether the same "was a combination in restraint- of interstate commerce within the purview of the act, are stated in the opinion. The maintenance of freé. competition among railways ;has become the settled policy of, the Nation. . The Interstate Commerce Act, in its provisions against contracts, agreements,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
delivered the opinion of the court.. The case was begun in the United States Circuit Court for the District of Utah to enforce the provisions of the so-called Sherman Anti-trust Act- of 1890, 26 Stat. 209, c. 647, against certain alleged .conspiracies and combinations in restraint of interstate commerce. The case in its principal aspect grew out of the purchase by the Union Pacific Railroad Company in the- month of February, 1901', of certain shares of the capital stock of the Southern Pacific Company from -the devisees under the will of the late Collis P. Huntington, who had formerly owned…
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