United States v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
In Equity. Bill by the United States against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and others.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is a suit brought by the United States to enjoin the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, a corporation, about 70 subsidiary corporations, and 7 individual defendants, from continuing an alleged illegal combination in restraint of commerce among the several states, in the District of Columbia, in the territories, and with foreign nations, in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act (Act July 2. 1890, c. 647, 26 Stat. 209 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3200]). The provisions of that act pertinent to the issues in this case are:
Section 1:
“Every contract, combination in the…
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