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Antitrust_
Question | Answer |
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Doctrine: Horizontal and vertical combinations outlawed | Sherman Section 1 |
Cases: Horizontal Geographic divisions are per se bad | Topco and Palmer |
Doctrine: Lobbying for a law is not a violation of antitrust | Noerr-Pennington |
Cases: Vertical tying arrangement | Jefferson Parish |
Cases: Determining whether one or two objects in tying arrangement | Jefferson Parish |
Cases: Rigid ratios of tying arrangements | Loews |
HHI: Significance | Higher is more concentrated. 1800 is the tipping point. |
HHI: Calculation | Market share of A^2 + Market share of B^2 +... |
Cases: Resale Price Management per se illegal (overturned) | Dr. Miles (overturned) |
Cases: Resale Price Management under Rule of Reason | Leegin |
Cases: Vertical territorial and customer restraints | Sylvania |
Cases: Vertical restraints under Rule of Reason | Sylvania |
Cases: Vertical restraints per se illegal (overturned) | Schwinn (overturned) |
Cases: Attempt to monopolize by bundling | Microsoft |
Cases: Attempt to monopolize, Sherman Section 2 | Microsoft |
Cases: "Price fixing" is a term of art for a per se test | ASCAP |
Cases: Defines price fixing | Socony-Vaccuum |
Doctrine: Price fixing | Anything that raises, lowers, affects, or stabilizing price |
Cases: Set up sales agency for large part of the market, held legal | Appalachian Coals |
Doctrine: Necessary market power for Rule of Reason test | ~70-80% |
Cases: Output reductions are a form of price fixing | Socony-Vaccuum |
Doctrine: Heightened requirements on mergers | Section 7 of Clayton Act |
Doctrine: State Action Defense | Never a violation of antitrust is an actor, other actors if "pursuant to clearly articulated state action" |
Cases: Control of market depends on availability of alternatives to buyers | Cellophane |
Cases: Price fixing by demand restrictions | Nat'l Macaroni |
Cases: Price fixing "per se" rule is no longer viewed favorably | Texaco |
Cases: Agreement to an element of a price is still price fixing | Catalano |
Cases: Agreeing to credit terms is a form of price fixing | Catalano |
Cases: Rule of Reason test for Price Fixing outlined | Chicago Board of Trade |
Cases: Creation of Conduct-Structure-Performance Test for price fixing | Gypson |
Cases: Burden Shifting for Horizontal Restraint | Brown |
Doctrine: Triggers for Abbreviated/Quick Look Test | People restricting output of something connected to business,Regulation is needed to function at all, D's are professional class with self-regulating function |
Doctrine: Quick Look Test | P charges one of three classes, D gives pro-competitive reason, P has to give bigger anti-competitive reason. P wins, D loses OR P |
Cases: Private Party must be direct purchaser | Illinois Brick |