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The Antitrust State-Action Doctrine After Fisher V. Berkeley, Daniel J. Gifford
The Antitrust State-Action Doctrine After Fisher V. Berkeley, Daniel J. Gifford
Vanderbilt Law Review
In February 1986 the United States Supreme Court in Fisher v. Berkeley' upheld the validity of a municipal rent control ordinance against a contention that the Sherman Act preempted the ordinance. In an eight-to-one decision, the Court effectively gave the coup de grace to its earlier attempt to apply the federal antitrust laws to municipalities and political subdivisions. It also may have finally ended the remarkable series of disingenuous state-action decisions that had become an almost regular part of the Court's calendar since Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar' in 1975.Fisher holds a promise of restoring to the state-action exemption a …
Recent Decisions, Ronald P. Cima, Douglas Berry, Jon L. Goodman
Recent Decisions, Ronald P. Cima, Douglas Berry, Jon L. Goodman
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Recent Decisions
Act of State Doctrine--Act of State Doctrine precludes Judicial Inquiry into the Motivation underlying the Acts of a Foreign State in a Private Antitrust Suit
Ronald P. Cima
Preemption--State Statute Prohibiting Nonresidents or Aliens from Fishing in its Waters is Preempted by Federal Law
Douglas Berry
Warsaw Convention--Provision for Limiting Liability--Recoveries in Personal Injury Actions against Air Carrier Employees, as Well as Against the Air Carrier itself, are to be Limited by the Warsaw Convention
Jon L. Goodman