Mead's Fine Bread Co. v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
208 F.2d 777 · 1953
Citation profile
8 federal appellate ·
Appellate journey
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 12 (§ 1 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 13 (§ 2 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914) · 15 U.S.C. § 13A (Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 17 (§ 6 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914)
Relies on Wickard v. Filburn · Swift Company v. United States · Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. · United States v. Griffith · Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co.
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““ * * * But, whether the claim is asserted under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-7 , 15 note, or the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C.A. § 12 et seq., the wrongs complained of must involve interstate commerce, either in ‘effect’ or ‘purpose’, for obviously, the acts can have no greater potency than the commerce clause itself. “Local conduct which is separable and unrelated to interstate commerce is necessarily insulated from the operation of the anti-trust laws, * * *»”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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