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legitimate objects

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From 362 U.S. 458 - Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Association Inc v. United States · 1960Most cited · 381 citing opinions

the full effect of §6 [of the Clayton Act] is that a group of farmers acting together as a single entity in an association cannot be restrained 'from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof'... but the section cannot support the contention that it gives such an entity full freedom to engage in predatory trade practices at will.