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.
College Place is a city in Walla Walla County, Washington, United States next to Walla Walla, Washington. The population was 7,818 at the time of the 2000 census. College Place is the home of Walla Walla University, a Seventh-day Adventist college. Because of the primary Adventist population, most downtown businesses close on Saturday, reopening in most cases on Sunday. College Avenue is the main Street running North to South from Highway 12 to the Milton-Freewater Highway.