United States petitioning immunityantitrust exemption

UMW v Pennington

United Mine Workers of America v. Pennington, 381 U.S. 657 (1965)

JurisdictionUnited States

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

Year1965

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Joint efforts to influence public officials are immune from the antitrust laws even where intended to eliminate competition, extending Noerr immunity from the legislative arena to petitioning of executive officials and administrative agencies.

Area of Law

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