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United States price fixingper se illegality

United States v Socony-Vacuum Oil Co

310 U.S. 150 (1940)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1940
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

price-fixing is per se illegal under Sherman Act; no justification or reasonableness defense

Area of Law

competition

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