Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of California
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Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal., 405 U.S. 251
(1972), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that Section 4 of the Clayton Antitrust Act
does not authorize a U.S. state
to sue for damages for an injury to its general economy allegedly attributable to a violation of the United States antitrust law.
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(1972), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that Section 4 of the Clayton Antitrust Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 , was enacted in the United States to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency. That regime started with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first Federal law outlawing practices...
does not authorize a U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
to sue for damages for an injury to its general economy allegedly attributable to a violation of the United States antitrust law.