California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited

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California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that addressed the limits of First Amendment petitioning rights when parties allegedly use governmental and judicial processes as part of an anticompetitive scheme in violation of antitrust laws.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
antitrust case ⓘ
allegation conspiracy by incumbent carriers to oppose competitors’ applications before regulatory agencies and courts ⓘ
areaOfLaw competition law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
arguedDate 1971-11-10 ⓘ
citation 404 U.S. 508 ⓘ
concurrenceBy Justice William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
concurrenceType concurring in the result ⓘ
constitutionalProvision First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decidedYear 1972 ⓘ
decisionDate 1972-01-24 ⓘ
docketNumber 70-73 ⓘ
holding Sham petitioning to agencies and courts may fall outside the Noerr-Pennington immunity and be subject to antitrust laws ⓘ
The First Amendment does not protect from antitrust liability a conspiracy to use administrative and judicial processes to bar competitors from meaningful access to those agencies and courts ⓘ
issue whether use of administrative and judicial processes as part of an anticompetitive scheme can lose First Amendment petitioning protection ⓘ
joinedBy Chief Justice Warren E. Burger ⓘ
linked to: Warren E. Burger

Justice Byron R. White ⓘ
linked to: Byron R. White

Justice Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
linked to: Harry A. Blackmun

Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Justice Potter Stewart ⓘ
linked to: Potter Stewart

Justice Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
linked to: Thurgood Marshall

Justice William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
keyPhrase abuse of governmental processes ⓘ
meaningful access to the courts ⓘ
sham litigation ⓘ
legalSubject First Amendment ⓘ
Noerr-Pennington doctrine ⓘ
antitrust law ⓘ
right to petition the government ⓘ
opinionBy Justice William O. Douglas ⓘ
linked to: William O. Douglas
opinionType majority opinion ⓘ
page 508 ⓘ
petitioner California Motor Transport Company ⓘ
proceduralPosture appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ
rearguedDate 1971-12-06 ⓘ
relatedCase Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. ⓘ
United Mine Workers v. Pennington ⓘ
relatedDoctrine Noerr-Pennington immunity ⓘ
reporter United States Reports ⓘ
respondent Trucking Unlimited ⓘ
result judgment of the court of appeals reversed and remanded ⓘ
statuteInvolved federal antitrust laws ⓘ
volume 404 ⓘ

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Petition Clause → citedInCase → California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited ⓘ
Noerr-Pennington doctrine → clarifiedInCase → California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited ⓘ
California Motor Transport Company → involvedIn → California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited ⓘ
California Motor Transport Company → partyToCase → California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited ⓘ
Trucking Unlimited → notableCase → California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited ⓘ
Trucking Unlimited → partyInLawsuit → California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited ⓘ
Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. → laterClarifiedBy → California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited ⓘ