Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Law
Trade Restraints - Is The United States A Person Within The Treble Damages Provision Of The Sherman Antitrust Act?, William C. Whitehead
Trade Restraints - Is The United States A Person Within The Treble Damages Provision Of The Sherman Antitrust Act?, William C. Whitehead
Michigan Law Review
The United States filed a complaint charging that defendants had attempted collusively to fix prices in bids submitted by them to the federal government. A judgment for three times the money damages sustained was sought under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Held, that the United States is not a person within section 7 of the act under which relief was demanded. United States v. Cooper Corp., 312 U. S. 600, 61 S. Ct. 742 (1941).