Parker immunity

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Parker immunity is a U.S. antitrust doctrine that shields states and, in some cases, private parties acting under state authority from liability under federal antitrust laws.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf U.S. antitrust doctrine ⓘ
state action doctrine ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Parker state action immunity ⓘ
state action immunity ⓘ
appliesTo sovereign acts of a state ⓘ
state-directed anticompetitive conduct ⓘ
appliesWhen state has clearly articulated and affirmatively expressed a policy to displace competition ⓘ
state policy is actively supervised in cases involving private actors ⓘ
basedOn Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943) ⓘ
constitutionalBasis federalism principles ⓘ
state sovereignty ⓘ
constrains application of federal antitrust enforcement to state-directed conduct ⓘ
corePrinciple federal antitrust laws do not apply to anticompetitive restraints imposed by the states as sovereigns ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Noerr-Pennington doctrine ⓘ
doesNotAutomaticallyApplyTo municipalities ⓘ
private parties ⓘ
doesNotProtect conduct not pursuant to a clearly articulated state policy ⓘ
purely private anticompetitive conduct without state authorization ⓘ
interpretedBy U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalDomain antitrust law ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
federal law ⓘ
legalEffect bars federal antitrust damages liability when requirements are met ⓘ
can bar injunctive relief under federal antitrust laws when requirements are met ⓘ
limitsLiabilityUnder Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
federal antitrust laws ⓘ
namedAfter Parker v. Brown ⓘ
oftenInvokedIn cases involving local government economic regulation ⓘ
cases involving professional licensing boards ⓘ
cases involving public utilities regulation ⓘ
policyRationale preservation of state sovereignty in economic regulation ⓘ
respect for state regulatory choices ⓘ
relatedTo federal preemption in antitrust ⓘ
state action doctrine in constitutional law ⓘ
requires active state supervision in some cases ⓘ
clear articulation of state policy ⓘ
state action ⓘ
requiresForMunicipalities clear articulation of state policy ⓘ
requiresForPrivateParties clear articulation and active supervision ⓘ
shields municipalities under certain conditions ⓘ
private parties acting under state authority under certain conditions ⓘ
state agencies ⓘ
state officials ⓘ
states ⓘ

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Noerr-Pennington doctrine → relatedTo → Parker immunity ⓘ