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.
Spade is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lamb County, Texas, United States. The population was 100 at the 2000 census. To the north of Spade is the Triple Arrow Ranch, a 1,000-acre spread with historic relics owned by Lamb County Commissioner's Court Judge William A. Anderson, Jr. , and his wife, LeNora Jo Thompson.