Albrecht v. Herald Co.
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Albrecht v. Herald Co. is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that held maximum resale price maintenance to be per se illegal under the Sherman Act.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherman Act case
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U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ antitrust case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
antitrust law
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competition law ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
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United States Supreme Court cases on antitrust law ⓘ |
| citation | 390 U.S. 145 ⓘ |
| citationStyle | Albrecht v. Herald Co., 390 U.S. 145 (1968) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Potter Stewart
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1968-05-20 ⓘ |
| decisionMethod | plenary review ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority decision ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Hugo L. Black
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John M. Harlan II NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom C. Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 51 ⓘ |
| fullName | Albrecht v. Herald Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding | Maximum resale price maintenance is per se illegal under §1 of the Sherman Act. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterTreatment | Per se rule on maximum resale price maintenance rejected in State Oil Co. v. Khan. ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Sherman Act §1
NERFINISHED
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maximum resale price maintenance ⓘ |
| legalRule | Agreements to fix maximum resale prices are per se violations of the Sherman Act. ⓘ |
| majorityJoinedBy |
Abe Fortas
NERFINISHED
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Earl Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurgood Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ William O. Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Byron R. White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledBy | State Oil Co. v. Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overruledByYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| page | 145 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Albrecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | overruled in part ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent | Herald Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | Judgment of the court of appeals reversed. ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted | Sherman Antitrust Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
newspaper distribution
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vertical price restraints ⓘ |
| volume | 390 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1968 ⓘ |
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