Event
United States v. Apple (smartphones)
Suit filed in March 2024 by the Justice Department and states alleging Apple unlawfully maintains a smartphone monopoly; on 30 June 2025 the court refused to dismiss it. No ruling on the merits.
- Dates
- 21 Mar 2024 –
A motion to dismiss tests only whether the complaint’s claims, if true, would state a case. The court’s refusal is not a finding that they are true.
Connections 3
involved
- Apple defendant; denies the claims Primary record 1
- U.S. Department of Justice plaintiff, with states; alleges 65 percent of smartphones and 70 percent of performance smartphones Primary record 1
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey the court; judge Julien Xavier Neals Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 21 Mar 2024 – United States v. Apple (smartphones)
Proof 1 source
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United States v. Apple Inc., Opinion on the motion to dismiss, No. 24-cv-4055 (D.N.J., 30 June 2025), U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 30 Jun 2025.
Primary record
Apple s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 86) is DENIED.
because the Amended Complaint fails to allege, (i) exclusionary conduct and instead only challenges Apple's lawful refusals to deal
As such, the Court finds that Plaintiffs adequately allege Apple maintains "a dominant share" in both the smartphone and performance smartphone markets.
Page history 3 changes
- Second revision of Too Big to Fail: the FTC's 1917 finding, the 1952 report's seven firms, the 1984 hearing record, and corrected cards for Spirit, beef, tickets, Google and the final verdict05663c47
- Revise Too Big to Fail after the skeptic's review: read to 2 November 2026, a verdict card that separates findings from shares, the 1929 fight with its scandal and the board's stand, and sources for every cardc819f2cb
- Add the story Too Big to Fail: Standard Oil's stockholders, the phrase's origin in 1984, and market-by-market cases to November 2026aa9c434d
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