Event
Reiter v. Sonotone, 1979
In a case on whether retail buyers hurt by price fixing could sue, the Supreme Court, reading the Sherman Act’s history, said Congress had designed it as a “consumer welfare prescription,” a phrase it took from Robert Bork’s The Antitrust Paradox (1978).
- Dates
- 12 Jun 1979
In a case on whether retail buyers hurt by price fixing could sue, the Supreme Court, reading the Sherman Act’s history, said Congress had designed it as a “consumer welfare prescription,” a phrase it took from Robert Bork’s The Antitrust Paradox (1978).
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involved
- U.S. Supreme Court wrote the opinion, citing R. Bork, The Antitrust Paradox 66 (1978) Primary record 1
influenced
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Sherman Antitrust Act
Primary record
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The Court’s reading of the 1890 act.
Timeline 1 date
- 12 Jun 1979 Reiter v. Sonotone, 1979
Proof 1 source
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Reiter v. Sonotone Corp., 442 U.S. 330 (1979), U.S. Supreme Court, 12 Jun 1979.
Primary record
they suggest that Congress designed the Sherman Act as a "consumer welfare prescription."
Page history 3 changes
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