American Foreign Trade: As Promoted by the Webb-Pomerene and Edge Acts, with Historical References to the Origin and Enforcement of the Anti-trust Laws |
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... common consent of the leading trading nations of the world , come to be regarded more and more as operating in a no- man's land . Business practices considered unethical and un- lawful at home , were not infrequently condoned when a ...
... common consent of the leading trading nations of the world , come to be regarded more and more as operating in a no- man's land . Business practices considered unethical and un- lawful at home , were not infrequently condoned when a ...
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... common carrier by water shall file with the board a statement of all rate , pooling and other agreements with other carriers . The board is authorized to approve or disapprove and cancel such agree- ments . All agreements shall be ...
... common carrier by water shall file with the board a statement of all rate , pooling and other agreements with other carriers . The board is authorized to approve or disapprove and cancel such agree- ments . All agreements shall be ...
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... common fund or pool . The whiskey pool attained a consider- able degree of notoriety in its days . A further phase of the concentration movement consisted in the formation of a central selling agency which served as a sort of clearing ...
... common fund or pool . The whiskey pool attained a consider- able degree of notoriety in its days . A further phase of the concentration movement consisted in the formation of a central selling agency which served as a sort of clearing ...
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... common law , under which monopolies are unlawful because of their restrictions upon individual freedom of contract and their injury to the public . Intentional and undue enhancement of prices of the necessaries of life was by common law ...
... common law , under which monopolies are unlawful because of their restrictions upon individual freedom of contract and their injury to the public . Intentional and undue enhancement of prices of the necessaries of life was by common law ...
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... Common Law . A considerable number of cases involving agreements in re- straint of trade have been decided by courts in the United States under the common law . In the absence of special anti- trust laws in certain states or where such ...
... Common Law . A considerable number of cases involving agreements in re- straint of trade have been decided by courts in the United States under the common law . In the absence of special anti- trust laws in certain states or where such ...
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Page 420 - An act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies...
Page 420 - It shall be the duty of the various district attorneys, under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States, to prosecute for the recovery of forfeitures.
Page 422 - That any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the anti-trust laws may sue therefor in any district court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Page 227 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution,, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 407 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act, may sue therefor in any circuit court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover three-fold the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. "Sec. 8. The word 'person,
Page 420 - States the sum of $100 for. each and every day of the continuance of such failure, which forfeiture shall be payable into the Treasury of the United States...
Page 406 - The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act ; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney-General, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 422 - That it shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, whether patented or unpatented...
Page 418 - ... to appear before the commission, or to produce documentary evidence if so ordered, or to give evidence touching the matter in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 415 - ... to the person to be served, or to a member of the partnership to be served, or to the president, secretary, or other executive officer or a director...