Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc.
E666877
Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc. is a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that limited immunity for efforts to influence private standard-setting bodies, refining the scope of the Noerr-Pennington doctrine.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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antitrust case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
competition law
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trade regulation ⓘ |
| citation |
100 L. Ed. 2d 497
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108 S. Ct. 1931 ⓘ 486 U.S. 492 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1988 ⓘ |
| doctrineRefined | Noerr-Pennington doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation v. Indian Head, Incorporated NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
Efforts to influence a private standard-setting body are not automatically immune from antitrust liability under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine
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Manipulation of a private association’s standard-setting process for anticompetitive purposes can violate the Sherman Act ⓘ Noerr-Pennington immunity is limited to genuine efforts to influence governmental action NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
clarified antitrust scrutiny of private associations’ standard-setting processes
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narrowed the scope of Noerr-Pennington immunity ⓘ |
| issue |
Whether Noerr-Pennington immunity applies to efforts to influence a private standard-setting association
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Whether conduct to exclude a rival’s product from a private code can constitute an antitrust violation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Noerr-Pennington doctrine
NERFINISHED
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antitrust law ⓘ immunity for petitioning activity ⓘ private standard-setting organizations ⓘ |
| petitioner | Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedentFor |
distinction between governmental and private petitioning for Noerr-Pennington purposes
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limits on antitrust immunity for private standard-setting activities ⓘ |
| relatedStatute | Sherman Antitrust Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| respondent | Indian Head, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
exclusion of competing products from private codes
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standard-setting in the electrical conduit industry ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1988 ⓘ |
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