American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
NOYES, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for the recovery of treble damages under the seventh section of the federal anti-trust statute (Act July 2, 1890, c. 647, 26 Stat. 210 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3202]).
The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant corporation was organized'in 1899, and thereafter at all times engaged in the business of import 'ng bananas into the United States from Central and South America; that in 1899 and subsequent years, for the purpose of *263monopolizing the banana trade between such countries, of regulating prices, controlling production, and preventing…
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- Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Co. v. American Sugar Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
- Underhill v. HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1895
- Thomsen v. Union Castle Mail S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
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