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.
Amidon is a city in Slope County, North Dakota in the United States. It is the county seat of Slope County. The population was 26 at the 2000 census. Amidon was founded in 1911. Located on US 85 about 50 km north of Bowman, North Dakota, it is the closest city to White Butte.