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Affirmative Benefits Of Industrial Mergers And Section 7 Of The Clayton Act, Richard A. Givens

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Government Regulation, Robert W. Mckisson

Washington Law Review

Covers cases on fair trade regulation—"non-signer" provision unconstitutional.

Book Reviews, Willard L. Boyd, Robert Meisenholder, Robert H. Skilton, Charles Seligson, Allan F. Smith, Charles L. B. Lowndes, Elvin E. Overton, Julio Cueto-Rua, W. Paul Gormley, John J. Yeager, James A. Rahl, Carl H. Fulda

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Antitrust Laws- Judicial Relief For Violations Of Section Seven Of The Clayton Act - Disenfranchisement In United States V. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Barbara B. Burt S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

This comment will approach section 7 relief questions and solutions primarily in the light of du Pont's unique facts, which included a vertical stock acquisition made thirty years before the judicial proceeding plus the complicating factors of vast financial interests, numerous innocent investors and several corporate interrelationships. Thereby were posed complex problems regarding (1) parties to the relief determination, (2) interests to be affected by the decree and (3) the manner of affecting those interests.

Protecting The Public Interest In Labor Disputes, Frank E. Cooper

Michigan Law Review

There exists general agreement that an effective means must be found, in the public interest, to curb strikes in basic industries that imperil the national health or safety. This principle, indeed, has been a part of our basic law for more than a decade. The trouble has been that the limited means provided to meet this need fail to give effective expression to the public interest. The only significant remedy is that which the steel strike has made so well known: an 80-day injunction followed by an election in which the employees may indicate for publicity purposes whether they wish …

Regulation Of Business - Sales - Below-Cost Statutes - The Elements Of Violations And The Defense Of Meeting Competition, Robert B. Jones S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The purpose of this comment is to discuss two controversial aspects of the sales-below-cost statutes: (1) the intent or effect required for a :finding of violation and (2) the defense of meeting competition.

Antitrust Law - Suggested Resale Price Policy - Limitations Of Use Of The Colgate Doctrine, Stanley Zax

Michigan Law Review

The United States Government brought a civil action charging that Parke, Davis & Co., a large pharmaceutical manufacturer, violated sections 1 and 3 of the Sherman Act by combining and conspiring with wholesalers and/or retailers to maintain the resale price of its products. Parke Davis, in marketing its products through both wholesale and retail channels of distribution, announced in its catalogues a suggested policy of resale prices at the wholesale and retail levels. In an effort to promote adherence to this policy, Parke Davis representatives visited wholesalers and retailers separately in non-fair trade areas. The wholesalers were informed that Parke …

Unfair Competition-Motor Carrier Act - Private Remedy For Operation In Excess Of Certificate Of Necessity And Convenience, Daniel E. Lewis Jr.

Michigan Law Review

In response to plaintiff trucking company's complaint under section 15 of the Clayton Act alleging violation of sections I and 2 of the Sherman Act, defendant railroads entered a counterclaim for damages resulting from interference with the railroad's franchise rights by the plaintiff's operations in excess of its Interstate Commerce Commission certificate of convenience and necessity. On plaintiff's motion for judgment on the pleadings to dismiss the counterclaim for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, held, motion granted. Congress did not contemplate that the common law action of a franchise holder would lie when …

The Civil Investigative Demand: New Fact-Finding Powers For The Antitrust Division, Richard L. Perry, William Simon

Michigan Law Review

The complexity, scope and length of modem antitrust litigation bring to prominence the procedures by which evidence - particularly documentary evidence - is discovered and placed before the courts and administrative agencies. Fact-finding mechanisms now available for ferreting out and prosecuting violations make up an imposing array. These include the grand jury subpoena, the discovery provisions of the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure and the subpoena and visitorial powers of certain administrative agencies. The "civil investigative demand," a precomplaint compulsory process, is a new weapon proposed to be added to this arsenal. Few dispute the desirability of new …

Constitutional Law, Attempts To Monopolize A Method Of Doing Business, Daniel U. Livermore Jr.

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bid Depositories, George H. Schueller

Michigan Law Review

The decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California in the civil antitrust case of United States v. Bakersfield Associated Plumbing Contractors, Inc. brought in its wake considerable renewed interest, discussion, and activities concerning "bid depositories." This is apparent from the trade press and from inquiries reaching the Antitrust Division, including a number of requests for clearance of bid depository plans through so-called "railroad release" procedures. Even more recently, institution of the civil and criminal antitrust cases of United States v. Arizona Masonry and Plastering Contractors' Association provided further stimulation. The term "renewed" interest and …

Comments, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Industrial Marketing Through Leasing Devices: A Survey Of Antitrust Problems

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Taggart: Cost Justification, Harry L. Shniderman

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Cost Justification. By Herbert F. Taggart

The Consent Decree In Antitrust Enforcement--Analysis And Criticism, J. Dennis Hynes

Publications

No abstract provided.

Book Review. Kaysen, C. And Turner, D.F., Antitrust Policy: An Economic And Legal Analysis, Ralph F. Fuchs

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Unfair Trade Practices- Robinson-Patman Act - "Per Se" Nature Of Section 2(E), Charles R. Sharp S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The Federal Trade Commission, finding that a manufacturer and seller of dress patterns discriminated between competing purchasers in violation of section 2 (e) of the Clayton Act, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act, by paying transportation costs and donating storage cabinets and monthly catalogues to its large variety store customers while charging its smaller fabric store customers for the same services and facilities, issued a cease and desist order against these practices. The commission held that neither the absence of competitive injury nor the presence of cost justification are available as defenses to section 2 (e). On petition for review, …

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Antitrust Act--Discriminatory Practices--Defenses Available to Charge of Discrimination in Furnishing Services and Facilities

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Bankruptcy--Priority of Wages--Employer's Contributions to Welfare Funds Are Not Entitled to Priority as Wages Due to Work

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Constitutional Law--Social Security Benefits--Automatic Suspension of Deported Person's Social Security Benefits a Denial of Due Process

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Constitutional Law--Union Shop Agreement Under Railway Labor Act Violates Constitutional Rights of Employees

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Corporations--Securities and Exchange Act of 1934--Liability of Director for Profits on Stock Acquired Prior to Election as Corporate Official

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Damages--Quasi Contract--Exemplary Damages in Quasi Contract When Defendant is Guilty of Fraud

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Evidence--Other Crimes--Admissibility of Evidence …

Oppenheim: Federal Antitrust Laws, Cases And Comments (Second Edition), Carl H. Fulda

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Federal Antitrust Laws, Cases and Comments (Second Edition). By S. Chesterfield Oppenheim, assisted by Richard W. Pogue.

The Impact Of Antitrust, John P. Miller

Vanderbilt Law Review

The functions of the antitrust laws have never been well articulated. Some proponents of the law emphasize the economic benefits of competition, i.e., incentives to economic efficiency and growth. Others emphasize the political and social advantages of minimizing the concentration of economic power. A review of the history and present status of antitrust suggests that both these views play a part. The Sherman Act prohibitions of "restraint of trade" and "monopolizing" suggest concern that entry into an industry shall not be barred by arbitrary restraints and that decisions of various firms shall be arrived at independently. This is not the …

Price-Fixing Within The Barber Industry

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Antitrust Policies: American Experience In Twenty Industries, By Simon N. Whitney, Samuel M. Loescher

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Vern Countryman, Maurice H. Merrill, Nathan P. Feinsinger, Heinrich Kronstein, Caroll W. Weathers, Walter O. Weyrauch, Harry N. Rosenfield

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Three Professors Involved In Major Trade - Smith, Leading Antitrust Man, Goes To Yankees, Yale Kamisar

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Antitrust Laws - Concerted Refusals To Deal - Public Injury, Jerome S. Traum S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, Klor's, Inc., a retail electrical appliance store, brought a treble damage action against Broadway-Hale, a department store chain, and against ten appliance manufacturers, alleging conspiracy to restrain and monopolize commerce in violation of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The complaint charged essentially that Broadway-Hale, which operated a store next door to Klor's, had been able by virtue of its great buying power to induce a concerted refusal to deal on the part of major appliance manufacturers, so that they would sell to Klor's only on highly unfavorable terms if at all. Respondents submitted affidavits which showed …

Constitutional Law - Import-Export Clause - Power Of State To Tax Foreign Imports Supplying Current Operating Needs, Stevan Uzelac

Michigan Law Review

Appellant imported from five countries iron ore which was stored at its processing plant and drawn upon to fill the current operational needs of the plant. When the ore arrived it was originally stored in stock piles containing a three-month supply. As needed, ores were conveyed from the stock piles to "stock bins," holding one or two days' supply and located in close proximity to the plant, from which the ores were used in the operation of the plant. The State of Ohio collected a personal property tax upon all the imported ore. In a companion case petitioner imported from …

Unfair Trade Practices - Robinson-Patman Act - Exclusion Of Seller's Broker From Coverage Under Section 2, James A. Park S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioners, a brokerage partnership acting as a seller's agent, sold a commodity to a buyer at five cents below the seller's normal price. The seller agreed to this reduction only because the petitioners agreed to reduce their commission on the sale from 5% to 3%. Thus 2.75 cents of the reduction was absorbed by the brokers and 2.25 cents was absorbed by the seller. Respondent Federal Trade Commission ordered petitioners to cease and desist from selling at such a reduction on the ground that the reduction in the regular rate of commission constituted an indirect payment by the brokers of …

Regulation Of Business - Antitrust Laws - Effect Upon A Subsequent Antitrust Suit Of Fcc Approval Of An Exchange Of Television Stations, John F. Powell S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

United States v. Radio Corporation of America-Creation of independent regulatory agencies presented the courts with the problem of allocating jurisdiction whenever the determination of proper judicial action was found to require the resolution of issues which an administrative agency was competent to resolve. To meet this problem the doctrine of "primary jurisdiction" was developed whereby administrative issues are to be decided by the agency prior to the court's determination of issues not within the realm of the agency. Application of the doctrine is based on the need for efficient and uniform agency regulation and the desirability of utilizing agency …

Regulation Of Business - Antitrust Laws - Exemption Of Agricultural Cooperative, Dean L. Berry S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Defendant agricultural cooperative, organized under the authority of section 6 of the Clayton Act and section I of the Capper- Volstead Act, engaged in alleged predatory practices claimed by the government to constitute an attempt to monopolize and lessen competition within the ban of the Sherman and Clayton Acts. In a civil action by the government setting forth three separate claims for relief from such activities, held, the first cause of action, alleging monopoly, dismissed on the merits. In the absence of a combination or conspiracy with persons who are not within the purview of the Clayton and Capper-Volstead …

Unfair Trade - Practices - Robinson-Patman Act - Payments For Advertising Under Sections 2 (D) And 2 (E), Robert Segar

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiffs, wholesale and retail grocers, brought a class action for treble damages and injunctive relief under sections 2(d) and 2(e) of the Robinson-Patman Act. Defendant suppliers of defendant-A & P Co. had paid for advertising in Woman's Day, a magazine published by a wholly-owned subsidiary of A & P, without making a corresponding allowance available to plaintiffs who had no similar publication. The district court found no violation of section 2(e) since the suppliers were not contributing to the furnishing of a discriminatory service within the meaning of that section. Because the advertising was designed primarily to aid defendant-suppliers, …