consignment as resale price maintenance
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From 377 U.S. 13 - Simpson v. United Oil Company of California · 1964Most cited · 916 citing opinions
When, however, a 'consignment' device is used to cover a vast gasoline distribution system, fixing prices through many retail outlets, the antitrust laws prevent calling the 'consignment' an agency, for then the end result of United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., supra, would be avoided merely by clever manipulation of words, not by differences in substance