Event
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court case of 1911 that upheld the breakup of Standard Oil.
- Dates
- 1911
- Wikidata
- Q7598276
Connections 9
involved
- Standard Oil Primary record 1
- John D. Rockefeller defendant Primary record 1
- U.S. Supreme Court decided the case Scholarship & press 2
- Edward Douglass White wrote the opinion Primary record 1
- John Marshall Harlan dissented in part Primary record 1
led to
- Rule of reason Primary record 1
- ExxonMobil Primary record 34
- Mobil Scholarship & press 3
- Chevron Primary record 35
Timeline 1 date
- 1911 Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
Proof 5 sources
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Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (opinion of the Court and Harlan, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part), Supreme Court of the United States (text via Cornell LII), 1911.
Primary record
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and thirty-three other corporations, John D. Rockefeller, William Rockefeller, and five other individual defendants, prosecute this appeal
Mr. Chief Justice White delivered the opinion of the court
the court by its decision, when interpreted by the language of its opinion, has not only upset the long-settled interpretation of the act, but has usurped the constitutional functions of the legislative branch of the government.
it was intended that the standard of reason which had been applied at the common law and in this country in dealing with subjects of the character embraced by the statute was intended to be the measure used
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BP America (formerly Standard Oil Co. (Ohio)), Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, Case Western Reserve University.
Scholarship & press
In 1911 the U.S. Supreme Court declared the holding company a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and ordered it disbanded.
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Standard Oil, Encyclopaedia Britannica (Internet Archive copy; britannica.com refused curl with 403).
Scholarship & press
Standard Oil of California acquired Standard Oil of Kentucky in 1961 and was renamed Chevron Corporation in 1984. Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) changed its name to Exxon Corporation in 1972.
In 1931 Standard Oil Company of New York merged with Vacuum Oil Company (another trust company) to form Socony-Vacuum, which in 1966 became Mobil Oil Corporation
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Analysis of Proposed Consent Order to Aid Public Comment, In the Matter of Exxon Corporation and Mobil Corporation, Federal Trade Commission (Internet Archive copy; ftc.gov refused curl with 403).
Primary record
On or about December 1, 1998, Exxon and Mobil entered into an agreement to merge the two corporations into a corporation to be known as Exxon Mobil Corp.
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Chevron history timeline, Chevron Corporation (Internet Archive copy; chevron.com refused curl with 403).
Primary record
1984 Socal became Chevron Corporation to align our company identity globally.
Page history 1 change
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