antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States

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The antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States was a landmark 1911 U.S. Supreme Court decision that broke up John D. Rockefeller’s oil monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act, reshaping American corporate and competition law.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
antitrust case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
appliedStatute Sherman Act Section 1 ⓘ
Sherman Act Section 2 ⓘ
Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
areaOfLaw United States antitrust law ⓘ
United States corporate regulation ⓘ
chiefJustice Edward Douglass White ⓘ
citation 221 U.S. 1 ⓘ
concernsCompany Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ⓘ
concernsIndustry oil industry ⓘ
concernsMarket petroleum refining and distribution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1911-05-15 ⓘ
decisionType majority decision ⓘ
defendant Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ⓘ
Standard Oil Trust ⓘ
linked to: Standard Oil
dissentingJustice John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
fullCaseName Standard Oil Company of New Jersey et al. v. United States ⓘ
historicalEra Progressive Era ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered a foundational case in U.S. antitrust jurisprudence ⓘ
marked a turning point in federal regulation of large corporations ⓘ
holding Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was found to have violated the Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
influenced development of the rule of reason in antitrust analysis ⓘ
introducedDoctrine rule of reason ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal law ⓘ
legalPrinciple only unreasonable restraints of trade violate the Sherman Act ⓘ
legalSubject antitrust law ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
corporate law ⓘ
locationOfCourt Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy Edward Douglass White ⓘ
plaintiff United States ⓘ
precedentFor subsequent antitrust enforcement against large trusts ⓘ
relatedCase United States v. American Tobacco Co. ⓘ
relatedMovement trust-busting movement ⓘ
relatedPerson John D. Rockefeller ⓘ
remedy breakup of Standard Oil Trust into separate companies ⓘ
dissolution of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey ⓘ
result Standard Oil monopoly was dismantled ⓘ
creation of multiple regional successor oil companies ⓘ
reshaped American antitrust enforcement ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
vote 8–1 ⓘ
yearDecided 1911 ⓘ

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