monopolization
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 384 U.S. 563 - United States v. Grinnell Corp. · 1966Most cited · 5,347 citing opinions
The offense of monopoly under § 2 of the Sherman Act has two elements: (1) the possession of monopoly power in the relevant market and (2) the willful acquisition or maintenance of that power as distinguished from growth or development as a consequence of a superior product, business acumen, or historic accident.
How often courts cite the case defining “monopolization”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “monopolization” — 5,312 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case 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.