Sherman Antitrust Act

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The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark 1890 U.S. federal law that outlawed monopolistic business practices and formed the foundation of American antitrust policy.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
antitrust law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sherman Act ⓘ
appliesTo foreign commerce with substantial effect on U.S. commerce ⓘ
interstate commerce ⓘ
chamberOfOrigin United States Senate ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Commerce Clause
containsSection Section 1 ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
enactedInYear 1890 ⓘ
enactedOnDate 1890-07-02 ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division ⓘ
private plaintiffs through civil actions ⓘ
formsFoundationOf United States antitrust policy ⓘ
historicalSignificance first major federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies in the United States ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
introducedIn 51st United States Congress ⓘ
John ShermanOccupation United States Senator ⓘ
John ShermanStateRepresented Ohio ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
landmarkCase Northern Securities Co. v. United States ⓘ
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States ⓘ
United States v. American Tobacco Co. ⓘ
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. ⓘ
United States v. Microsoft Corp. ⓘ
laterComplementedBy Clayton Antitrust Act ⓘ
Federal Trade Commission Act ⓘ
legalDomain competition law ⓘ
namedAfter John Sherman ⓘ
penaltiesInclude fines ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
policyGoal protection of competition rather than competitors ⓘ
providesFor civil remedies ⓘ
criminal penalties ⓘ
treble damages for private plaintiffs ⓘ
publicLawNumber 26 Stat. 209 ⓘ
purpose to preserve competition in interstate commerce ⓘ
to prohibit monopolies ⓘ
to prohibit unreasonable restraints of trade ⓘ
Section1Prohibits combinations in restraint of trade ⓘ
conspiracies in restraint of trade ⓘ
contracts in restraint of trade ⓘ
Section2Prohibits attempted monopolization ⓘ
conspiracies to monopolize ⓘ
monopolization ⓘ
signedBy Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
signedByOffice President of the United States ⓘ
subjectMatter monopoly power ⓘ
restraint of trade ⓘ

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United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association → held → Sherman Antitrust Act applies to interstate insurance business ⓘ
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The Antitrust Paradox → discusses → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
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United States v. American Tobacco Co. → appliedStatute → Sherman Act §1 ⓘ
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Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
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Celler-Kefauver Act → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Robinson-Patman Act → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
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United States v. Microsoft Corp. → statute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
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Public Law 67-51 → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
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Brown Shoe Co. v. United States → involvesStatute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Albrecht v. Herald Co. → legalIssue → Sherman Act §1 ⓘ
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Report on the Petroleum Industry → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act enforcement ⓘ
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