Sherman Antitrust Act

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United States federal statute antitrust law

The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark 1890 U.S. federal law that outlawed monopolistic business practices and formed the foundation of American antitrust policy.

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Label Occurrences
Sherman Antitrust Act canonical 22
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 4
Sherman Act 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
antitrust law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
surface form: Sherman Act
appliesTo foreign commerce with substantial effect on U.S. commerce ⓘ
interstate commerce ⓘ
chamberOfOrigin United States Senate ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Commerce Clause ⓘ
surface form: Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
containsSection Section 1 ⓘ
Section 2 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
enactedInYear 1890 ⓘ
enactedOnDate 1890-07-02 ⓘ
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division

private plaintiffs through civil actions ⓘ
formsFoundationOf United States antitrust policy ⓘ
historicalSignificance first major federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies in the United States ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
introducedIn 51st United States Congress ⓘ
John ShermanOccupation United States Senator ⓘ
John ShermanStateRepresented Ohio ⓘ
jurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
landmarkCase Northern Securities Co. v. United States ⓘ
antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States ⓘ
surface form: Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States

United States v. American Tobacco Co. ⓘ
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. ⓘ
United States v. Microsoft Corp. ⓘ
laterComplementedBy Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 ⓘ
surface form: Clayton Antitrust Act

Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 ⓘ
surface form: Federal Trade Commission Act
legalDomain competition law ⓘ
namedAfter John Sherman ⓘ
penaltiesInclude fines ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
policyGoal protection of competition rather than competitors ⓘ
providesFor civil remedies ⓘ
criminal penalties ⓘ
treble damages for private plaintiffs ⓘ
publicLawNumber 26 Stat. 209 ⓘ
purpose to preserve competition in interstate commerce ⓘ
to prohibit monopolies ⓘ
to prohibit unreasonable restraints of trade ⓘ
Section1Prohibits combinations in restraint of trade ⓘ
conspiracies in restraint of trade ⓘ
contracts in restraint of trade ⓘ
Section2Prohibits attempted monopolization ⓘ
conspiracies to monopolize ⓘ
monopolization ⓘ
signedBy Benjamin Harrison ⓘ
signedByOffice President of the United States ⓘ
subjectMatter monopoly power ⓘ
restraint of trade ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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Benjamin Harrison → signed → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Federal Trade Commission → legalBasis → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age → historicalContext → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Commerce and Trade → contains → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act (codified sections)
Clayton Act provisions → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Federal Trade Commission Act provisions → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Standard Oil → dissolutionCause → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act enforcement
Sherman Antitrust Act → alsoKnownAs → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Act
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association → held → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act applies to interstate insurance business
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association → statuteInterpreted → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
The Antitrust Paradox → discusses → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States → appliedStatute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States → appliedStatute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
this entity surface form: Sherman Act Section 1
antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States → appliedStatute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
subject surface form: Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
this entity surface form: Sherman Act Section 2
Northern Securities Company → legalBasisForDissolution → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
United States v. American Tobacco Co. → appliedStatute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
United States v. American Tobacco Co. → appliedStatute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Act §1
United States v. American Tobacco Co. → appliedStatute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Act §2
Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 → clarifies → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
Noerr-Pennington doctrine → usedAsDefenseIn → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Act Section 1 claims
1913 Kingsbury Commitment → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
MCI v. AT&T → relatedToLaw → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
51st United States Congress → passed → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
John Sherman → notableWork → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
John Sherman → authorOf → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
U.S. Department of Justice antitrust litigation → appliesLaw → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
Office of Policy Planning → uses → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Act
Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Northern Securities Co. v. United States → legalSubject → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Northern Securities Co. v. United States → relatedStatute → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
United States antitrust law → includes → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
United States antitrust law → historicalFoundation → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
Sherman family of Ohio → notableFor → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
subject surface form: John Sherman
Celler-Kefauver Act → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
Robinson-Patman Act → relatedTo → Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ