Standard Oil Company of Indiana

Standard Oil company that ran the refinery at Whiting.

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Legal records

United States v. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana

3 Aug 1907 Convicted by U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois: guilty on 1,462 counts; fined $29,240,000 1
22 Jul 1908 Decision overturned by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: judgment reversed; new trial ordered 2

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 3 Aug 1907 guilty on 1,462 counts; fined $29,240,000 Primary record 1

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 22 Jul 1908 judgment reversed; new trial ordered Primary record 2

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Proof 2 sources

United States v. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, 155 F. 305 (N.D. Ill.) (Judge Landis, sentence), U.S. District Court, N.D. Illinois (text via Harvard Caselaw Access Project), 3 Aug 1907. Primary record
On 1,462 counts the verdict was “guilty.”
It is the judgment and sentence of the court that the defendant, Standard Oil Company, pay a fine of $29,240,000.
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana v. United States, 164 F. 376 (7th Cir.), U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit (text via Harvard Caselaw Access Project), 22 Jul 1908. Primary record
The judgment of the District Court is reversed and the case remanded with instructions to grant a new trial, and proceed further in accordance with this opinion.

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