United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association

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United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association was an 1897 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that held railroad rate-fixing agreements violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, even if the rates were reasonable.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sherman Act case ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
antitrust case ⓘ
appliedTo interstate commerce ⓘ
appliesToIndustry railroad industry ⓘ
category 1897 in United States case law ⓘ
United States Supreme Court cases ⓘ
United States antitrust case law ⓘ
citation 166 U.S. 290 ⓘ
clarified that combinations among competitors to maintain rates are unlawful ⓘ
that the Sherman Act applies to railroads ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1897 ⓘ
decisionType 5–4 decision ⓘ
defendant Trans-Missouri Freight Association ⓘ
member railroads of the Trans-Missouri Freight Association ⓘ
dissentBy Edward D. White ⓘ
other dissenting justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
dissentingJusticesCount 4 ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
era Lochner era ⓘ
fullName United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association ⓘ
holding Agreements among competitors to fix rates are per se illegal under the Sherman Act ⓘ
Railroad rate-fixing agreements violate the Sherman Antitrust Act even if the rates are reasonable ⓘ
Reasonableness of prices is not a defense to a price-fixing agreement under the Sherman Act ⓘ
impact established that public benefit or reasonableness does not legalize price-fixing ⓘ
strengthened federal antitrust enforcement against railroads ⓘ
interpretedPhrase "every contract, combination... in restraint of trade" in the Sherman Act ⓘ
issue Whether a railroad rate-fixing association violated §1 of the Sherman Act ⓘ
legalArea antitrust law ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
railroad regulation ⓘ
legalPrinciple price-fixing is unlawful regardless of the reasonableness of the fixed price ⓘ
majorityJusticesCount 5 ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Rufus W. Peckham ⓘ
plaintiff United States ⓘ
precedentFor broad interpretation of the term "restraint of trade" in the Sherman Act ⓘ
per se illegality of price-fixing agreements ⓘ
rejectedDefense that fixed rates were reasonable ⓘ
that the agreement was necessary to prevent destructive competition ⓘ
relatedTo United States v. Joint Traffic Association ⓘ
shortName U.S. v. Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'n ⓘ
statuteInterpreted Sherman Act §1 ⓘ
Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
subjectMatter combination in restraint of trade ⓘ
price-fixing agreement ⓘ
railroad freight rates ⓘ

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Northern Securities Co. v. United States → precededBy → United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association ⓘ
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association → fullName → United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association ⓘ
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association → shortName → U.S. v. Trans-Missouri Freight Ass'n ⓘ
linked to: United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association
United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association → relatedTo → United States v. Joint Traffic Association ⓘ
linked to: United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association