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.
Oxly is an unincorporated community in southeastern Ripley County, Missouri. It is located on Route 142 about seven miles east of Doniphan. The community was founded in 1885 and is named for businessman F. G. Oxley, of Cincinnati, Ohio.