American Column & Lumber Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL . FROM THE DISTRICT COURT Of' THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF «TENNESSEE. Direct appeal from a decree of the District Court granting a permanent injunction under the Anti-Trust Act. The mere fact of association carries.no presumption of guilt under the Sherman Act.' Society itself is an organization, and does not object to organizations for social, religious, business, and all legal purposes.
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APPEAL . FROM THE DISTRICT COURT Of' THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF «TENNESSEE. Direct appeal from a decree of the District Court granting a permanent injunction under the Anti-Trust Act. The mere fact of association carries.no presumption of guilt under the Sherman Act.' Society itself is an organization, and does not object to organizations for social, religious, business, and all legal purposes. Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co., 221 U. S. 418, 439. • The interchange-of stock, production and sales reports is not itself an unlawful act, and cannot by itself be evidence of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
The unincorporated “American Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association ” was formed in December, 1918, by the consolidation of two similar associations, from one of which it took over a department of activity designated the “ Open Competition Plan,” and hereinafter referred to as the “Plan.”
Participation in the “Plan” was optional with the members of the Association, but, at the time this suit was commenced, of its 400 members, 365, operating 465 mills, were members of the “ Plan.” The importance and strength of the Association are shown by the admission in the joint answer that while the…
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