Trucking Unlimited

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Trucking Unlimited was a trucking industry organization involved in a notable U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case concerning the use of governmental and judicial processes to restrict competitors.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf trade association
trucking industry organization
activity participation in administrative proceedings
participation in judicial proceedings
petitioning government agencies on trucking regulatory matters
allegedConduct conspiring to oppose competitors’ applications before regulatory agencies
using administrative and judicial proceedings to block competitors
areaOfLawImpact administrative law
competition law
areaOfLawImpact constitutional law (First Amendment petitioning)
associatedWith trucking carriers
caseType antitrust litigation
country United States of America
surface form: United States
fieldOfWork freight hauling
transportation
industry trucking industry
jurisdictionOfCase Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED
legalIssue antitrust law
use of governmental and judicial processes to restrict competitors
legalSignificance clarified when use of governmental processes can constitute an antitrust violation
helped define limits of antitrust immunity for petitioning the government
notableCase California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited NERFINISHED
notableFor involvement in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case
opponentInCase California Motor Transport Company NERFINISHED
partyInLawsuit California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited NERFINISHED
relatedToDoctrine Noerr-Pennington doctrine NERFINISHED
sham litigation exception to petitioning immunity

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