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.
Sleepy Eye is a city in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,515 at the 2000 census. U.S. Route 14 and Minnesota State Highways 4, and 68 are three of the main arterial routes in the city.