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33rd Governor of New York
25th Vice President of the United States
26th President of the United States
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Theodore Roosevelt sued 44 companies for violating antitrust laws.
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Lawsuit | Company | Date | Description[1] | |
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United States v. Northern Securities Company et al | ![]() |
Northern Securities Company | March 10, 1902 | Petition filed March 10, 1902, in the circuit court, Minnesota, to enjoin the defendant, the Northern Securities Co., from acquiring, holding, or voting the shares of the capital stock of two competing railway companies. The circuit court, on April 9, 1903, entered a decree in favor of the government, and this decree was, on March 14, 1904, affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States. |
United States v. Swift & Co. et al. | ![]() |
Swift & Co. (Beef trust) | May 10, 1902 | Petition filed May 10, 1902, in the Circuit Court, Northern District of Illinois, to restrain the defendants, who were engaged in the buying of live stock and the selling of dressed meats, from carrying out an unlawful conspiracy entered into between themselves and the various railway companies to suppress competition and to obtain a monopoly. Demurrers to the petition were overruled on February 18, 1903, and a preliminary injunction was granted.The Defendants having failed to answer, the court, on May 26, 1903,entered a final decree. Defendants appealed from this decree to the Supreme Court of the United States, where it was affirmed. |
United States v. The Federal Salt Company et al. | ![]() |
Salt Trust | October 15, 1902 | Petition filed October 15, 1902, in the Circuit Court for the Northern District of California to restrain the defendants from combining and conspiring to suppress competition in the manufacture and sale of salt in the western states. A temporary restraining order was issued on that date, and the court on November 10, 1902, granted an injunction pendente lite, thus in effect making the restraining order perpetual |
United States v. The Federal Salt Company | ![]() |
The Federal Salt Company | February 28,1903 | Indictment returned on February 28,1903, in the Northern District of California against the so-called Salt Trust. On May 12, 1903, a plea of guilty was entered and a fine of $1,000 was imposed and collected |
United States v. Jacksonville Wholesale Grocers Association | Jacksonville Wholesale Grocers Association | September 12, 1903 | Petition filed September 12, 1903, in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Florida, for the purpose of dissolving a combination of wholesale grocers. November 1, 1907, the case was dismissed. | |
United States v. General Paper Co. | General Paper | December 27, 1904 | Petition filed December 27, 1904. In the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota against the General Paper Co. and twenty-three other corporations engaged in the manufacture and sale of paper, alleging a combination and conspiracy to restrain trade and commerce. On May 11, 1906, the court ordered judgment in favor of the Government, dissolving the combination, and granting all relief prayed for in the petition | |
United States v. Armour & Co. et al. | Armor and Company* | July 1, 1905 | Indictment returned on July 1, 1905, in the Northern District of Illinois. Many preliminary objections were urged, and all were disposed of in favor of the government, except certain special pleas of immunity, based upon information concerning the matters for which the defendants were indicted which they had given to the Department of Commerce and Labor. On March 29, 1906, the court sustained the pleas so far as the individual defendants were concerned, and overruled them with respect to the corporations. February 5, 1913, dismissed. | |
United States v. MacAndrews & Forbes Company et al. | MacAndrews & Forbes | June, 1906 | Indictment returned in June, 1906, in the Southern District of New York charging a combination and conspiracy to regulate the interstate trade and sale in licorice paste. January 10, 1907, MacAndrew & Forbes Co. was found guilty of first and third counts of indictment, the J. S. Young Co. was found guilty on first and third; and a verdict of acquittal was returned to the individual defendants. MacAndrew & Forbes Co. was fined $10,000, and J. S. Young Co. $8,000 | |
United States v. Metropolitan Meat Co. et al. | Metropolitan Meat Co.* | October, 1905 | Petition filed in October, 1905, in the Circuit Court for Hawaii, to restrain the operation of alleged unlawful combinations in restraint of trade in beef and beef products. Demurrer to bill overruled October 2, 1906. | |
United States v. Nome Retail Grocers Association | Nome Retail Grocers Assocation | November 4,1905 | Petition filed November 4,1905, in the District Court, Second Division, District of Alaska, alleging combination to fix prices and to suppress competition. With the consent of the defendant, a decree was entered dissolving the combination. | |
United States v. Terminal Railroad Association of Saint Louis et al. | Terminal Railroad Association of Saint Louis | Petition filed December 2, 1905, in the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to enjoin the defendant railroads from continuing an unlawful combination to operate Eads Bridge and Merchants Bridge. | ||
United States v. Allen & Robinson et al. | Allen & Robinson | |||
United States v. Otis Elevator Co. et al. | Otis Elevator Co. | |||
United States v. F.A. Amsden Lumber Company et al. | F. A. Amsden Lumber Company | |||
United States v. National Association of Retail Druggists et al. | National Association of Retail Druggists | |||
United States v. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company et al. | Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company | |||
United States v. American Ice Company et al. | American Ice Company | |||
United States v. Chandler Ice and Cold Storage Plant et al. | Chandler Ice and Cold Storage Plant | |||
United States v. Alfred M. Gloyd et al. | Alfred M. Gloyd | |||
United States v. Peoples Ice and Fuel Company and W. B. Lount | Peoples Ice and Fuel Company | |||
United States v. Demund Lumber Company et al. | Demund Lumber Company | |||
United States v. Phoenix Wholesale Meat and Produce Company et al. | Phoenix Wholesale Meat and Produce Company | |||
United States v. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey et al. | Standard Oil | |||
United States v. T. B. Hogg et al. | T. B. Hogg | |||
United States v. Atlantic Investment Company et al. | Atlantic Investment Company | |||
United States v. American Seating Company et al. | March 12, 1907 | American Seating Company | ||
American Seating Company (2) | ||||
United States v. Santa Rita Mining Company and Santa Rita Store Company | Santa Rita Mining Company and Santa Rita Store Company | |||
United States v. The Reading Company et al. | The Reading Company | |||
United States v. National Umbrella Frame Company et al. | National Umbrella Frame Company | |||
United States v. American Tobacco Company et al. | ![]() |
American Tobacco Company | ||
United States v. E.H. Stafford Manufacturing Company | E.H. Stafford Manufacturing Company | |||
United States v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co et al. | E.I. DuPont de Nemours & co | |||
United States v. One Hundred and Seventy-five Cases of Cigarettes | 175 cases of cigarettes | |||
United States v. H. D. Corbett Stationary Company et al. | H. D. Corbett Stationary Company | |||
United States v. Union Pacific Coal Company et al. | Union Pacific Coal Company | |||
United States v. Chas L. Simmons et al. | Chas L. Simmons | |||
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company et al. | Union Pacific | |||
United States v. E. J. Ray et al. | E. J. Ray | |||
United States v. E. J. Ray et al. | E. J. Ray (2) | |||
United States v. Joseph Stiefvater et al. | Joseph Stiefvater | |||
United States v. American Naval Stores Company et al. | American Naval Stores Company | |||
United States v. New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad et al. | New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | |||
United States v. John H. Parks et al. | John H. Parks |
References
[edit]General
[edit]- Thompson, Merle Raymond (1919). Trust Dissolution. R.G. Badger.
- ^ States, United; Henderson, Elias Heckman (1915). Federal Antitrust Laws. Federal Legislative Bulletin Service.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.