Legal Opinion
Toys "R" US, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 2000No. 98-4107PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
The antitrust laws, which aim to preserve and protect competition in economically sensible markets, have long drawn a sharp distinction between contractual restrictions that occur up and down a distribution chain — so-called vertical restraints — and restrictions that come about as a result of agreements among competitors, or horizontal restraints. Sometimes, however, it can be hard as a matter of fact to be sure what kind of agreement is at issue. This was the problem facing the Federal Trade Commission (“the Commission”) when it brought under its antitrust…
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