Swift & Co. v. United States

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Swift & Co. v. United States

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commerce clause
Interpretation of the commerce clause in United States Supreme Court cases
In Swift & Co. v. United States (1905), for example, the Supreme Court held that a price-fixing scheme among Chicago meat-packers constituted a restraint of interstate commerce—and was therefore illegal under the federal Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)—because the local meatpacking industry was part of a larger…
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In Swift & Co. v. United States (1905), for example, the Supreme Court held that a price-fixing scheme among Chicago meat-packers constituted a restraint of interstate commerce—and was therefore illegal under the federal Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)—because the local meatpacking industry was part of a larger…
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