State v. Adams Lumber Co.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original suit by the state to restrain the defendants from unlawfully combining in restraint of trade.
1Opinion of the CourtLetton, J.
This action was brought by the attorney general of the state of Nebraska under the provisions of the anti-trust act of the legislature of 1905, known as the “Junkin Act” (laws 1905, ch. 162). The defendants, who are several hundred in number, are corporations, partnerships and individuals who are engaged in the business of dealing in. lumber in the state of Nebraska, and it is alleged that they own and operate more than 700 lumber yards in the state doing at least 90 per cent, of the retail business in lumber and cement and other building materials.
The petition charges: “That said defendants…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Bohn Manufacturing Co. v. HollisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Cleland v. AndersonNebraska Supreme Court · 1902
- Commonwealth v. WatermanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Knight & Jillson Co. v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
- Marsh-Burke Co. v. YostNebraska Supreme Court · 1915
- United States v. HollisDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1917