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1978

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Clayton Act

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Denial Of Standing To Private,Noncommercial Consumers Under Section 4 Of The Clayton Act, David L. O'Daniel Nov 1978

Denial Of Standing To Private,Noncommercial Consumers Under Section 4 Of The Clayton Act, David L. O'Daniel

Vanderbilt Law Review

The Sherman Act and the Clayton Act are efforts by Congress to promote a free and competitive economy and to compensate those injured by anticompetitive activities. To supplement government enforcement, section 7 of the Sherman Act provided a means of combating antitrust violations through private treble damage actions. Section 4 of the Clayton Act, which superseded section 7 of the Sherman Act with only slight modification, provides for treble damage actions by "any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws"....

In light of the uncertainty regarding private consumer …