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.
Gordonville is a small unincorporated town in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The community named for Missouri bushwhacker Silas M. Gordon who operated a store there. It is part of the Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area.