Event

United States v. De Beers Consolidated Mines, 1945

Civil antitrust suit brought by the United States in New York against De Beers and others over gem and industrial diamonds.

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U.S. Department of Justice brought the suit Primary record 1
De Beers defendant Primary record 1
U.S. Supreme Court set aside the preliminary injunction on 21 May 1945 Primary record 1

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De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. v. United States, 325 U.S. 212 (1945), Supreme Court of the United States (U.S. Reports, via GovInfo), 21 May 1945. Primary record
Mr. Herbert A. Berman, with whom Assistant Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Berge and Mr. Edward S. Stimson were on the brief, for the United States.
De BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES, LTD. et al. v. UNITED STATES.
We are of opinion that the injunction issued in this case is not authorized either by statute or by the usages of equity and that the decree granting the injunction should be reversed.

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