The Capper-Volstead Act of 1922 gives agricultural producers a limited antitrust exemption to organize cooperatives for collectively processing, handling, and marketing their products. The exemption covers the cooperative form itself, not predatory conduct, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized. Codified at 7 U.S.C. §§ 291–292.
Capper-Volstead Act
In forceCodified at7 U.S.C. §§ 291–292
Enacted February 18, 1922 · ch. 57, 42 Stat. 388