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Parker v. Brown

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Parker v. Brown
Argued May 5, 1942
Decided January 4, 1943
Full case nameParker, Director of Agriculture, et al. v. Brown
Citations317 U.S. 341 (more)
63 S. Ct. 307; 87 L. Ed. 315; 1943 U.S. LEXIS 1263; 1943 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶ 56,250
Holding
39 F.Supp. 895 (reversed)
Court membership
Chief Justice
Harlan F. Stone
Associate Justices
Owen Roberts · Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Frank Murphy
Robert H. Jackson
Case opinion
MajorityStone, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Sherman Act

Parker v. Brown, 317 U.S. 341 (1943), was a United States Supreme Court case on the scope of United States antitrust law. It held that actions taken by state governments were exempt from the scope of the Sherman Act.

Facts

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The case was an appeal from a decree of a district court of three judges enjoining the enforcement, against the appellee, of a marketing program adopted pursuant to the California Agricultural Prorate Act.

Significance

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The Supreme Court clarified its position in later judgments.

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