Free competition
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 268 U.S. 563 - Maple Flooring Mfrs' Ass'n v. United States · 1925Most cited · 481 citing opinions
Free competition' means a free and open market among both buyers and sellers for the sale and distribution of commodities. Competition does not become less free merely because the conduct of commercial operations becomes more intelligent through the free distribution of knowledge of all the essential factors entering into the commercial transaction.
How often courts cite the cases defining “Free competition”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Free competition” — 860 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1925–1936
free competition means a free and open market among both buyers and sellers, competition does not become less free merely because of the distribution of knowledge of the essential factors entering into commercial transactions.