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Boycotts And Restrictive Marketing Arrangements, Richard M. Buxbaum Feb 1966

Boycotts And Restrictive Marketing Arrangements, Richard M. Buxbaum

Michigan Law Review

It is currently a common if still relatively unheralded practice for a "fired" dealer to bring an antitrust action against his former manufacturer-supplier (and perhaps other dealers), alleging that his termination was the result of a boycott. Boycotts-collective efforts to obtain the exclusion of a party from a market-are illegal per se under section 1 of the Sherman Act. Thus, questions concerning the justification for the boycott or the significance of the offender's market position do not arise.


American Bar Association Section Of Antitrust Law: Jury Instructions In Criminal Antitrust Cases, Ralph M. Carson Jan 1966

American Bar Association Section Of Antitrust Law: Jury Instructions In Criminal Antitrust Cases, Ralph M. Carson

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Jury Instructions in Criminal Antitrust Cases by The American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law


Antitrust Significance Of Covenants Not To Compete, Michigan Law Review Jan 1966

Antitrust Significance Of Covenants Not To Compete, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Covenants not to compete, despite their increasing prevalence and their obvious tendency to restrain competition, have seldom been attacked under either federal or state antitrust laws. In January 1965, however, William H. Orrick, Jr., then Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, noted that the Division was becoming concerned about one aspect of the problem-the taking of overbroad covenants not to compete in connection with the purchase of a competitor. He suggested that such an agreement might have anticompetitive effects under either the Sherman Act or section 7 of the Clayton Act. This note will explore the present …