Antitrust and Trade Regulation laws aim to promote free competition in the marketplace. Agreements or cooperative efforts by two or more entities that affects or restrains competitors is illegal under these laws. The Sherman Act makes illegal any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce and makes monopolies and attempts, combinations, or conspiracies to monopolize illegal. The Clayton Act regulate price discrimination, tying and exclusive dealing contracts, stock acquisition and interlocking directorates.
Klamath is an unincorporated, rural, census-designated place (CDP) in Del Norte County, California, situated on the mouth of the Klamath River. The population was 651 at the 2000 census. Klamath is at an elevation of 30 feet (9 m).