List of Antitrust Cases by Product or Industry

In the XX Century

Advertising

345 U.S. 594, Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. U. S. (1953)
433 U.S. 350, Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977)
499 U.S. 365, City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (1991)

Agriculture

See “Food & Groceries”

Automobiles, Trucks, etc. and Parts

332 U.S. 218, U.S. v. Yellow Cab Co. et al. (1947)
338 U.S. 338, United States v. Yellow Cab Co. (1949)
353 U.S. 586, U.S. v. E. I. du Pont De Nemours & Co. et al. (1957)
372 U.S. 253, White Motor Co. v. U.S. (1963)
384 U.S. 127, U.S. v. General Motors Corp. et al. (1966)
405 U.S. 562, Ford Motor Co. v. U.S., et al. (1972)
451 U.S. 557, J. Truett Payne Co., Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corp. (1981)

Beer, Wine, and Spirits

340 U.S. 211, Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Seagram & Sons (1951)
341 U.S. 384, Schwegmann Bros. et al. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. (1951)
363 U.S. 536, F.T.C. v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. (1960)
389 U.S. 320, Burke v. Ford (1967)
410 U.S. 526, U.S. v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. et al. (1973)
445 U.S. 97, California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc., et al. (1980)
446 U.S. 643, Catalano, Inc., et al. v. Target Sales, Inc., et al. (1980)
460 U.S. 428, Falls City Industries, Inc. v. Vanco Beverage, Inc. (1983)
479 U.S. 335, 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy et al. (1987)

Bicycles

388 U.S. 365, U.S. v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co. et al. (1967)

Chemicals: Household and Industrial

332 U.S. 392, International Salt Co., Inc. v. U.S. (1947)
334 U.S. 37, F.T.C. v. Morton Salt (1948)
351 U.S. 377, U.S. v. du Pont (1956) (the cellophane case)
378 U.S. 158, U.S. v. Penn-Olin (1964)
386 U.S. 568, F.T.C. v. Procter and Gamble (1967)
393 U.S. 199, United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. (1968)
465 U.S. 752, Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp. (1984)
506 U.S. 447, Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan (dba Sorboturf Ent.) (1993)

Clothing: Patterns, Design, and Manufacture

258 U.S. 346, Standard Fashion Company v. Magrane-Houston Company (1922)
360 U.S. 55, F.T.C. v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc. (1959)

Construction and Building Materials

175 U.S. 211, Addyston Pipe and Steel Company v. U.S. (1899)
203 U.S. 390, Chattanooga Foundry and Pipe Works v. City of Atlanta (1906)
268 U.S. 563, Maple Flooring Manufacturers Assn. et al. v. U.S. (1925)
268 U.S. 588, Cement Mfg. Protective Assoc. et al. v. U.S. (1925)
273 U.S. 392, U.S. v. Trenton Potteries Co. et al. (1927)
316 U.S. 159, Georgia v. Evans (1942)
333 U.S. 364, U.S. v. United States Gypsum Co. (1948)
340 U.S. 76, U.S. v. Gypsum Co. (1950)
343 U.S. 470, F.T.C. v. Ruberoid Co. (1952)
405 U.S. 201, Hawaii v. Standard Oil of California (1972)
419 U.S. 186, Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co., Inc. (1974)
421 U.S. 616, Connell Construction Co. v. Plumbers (1975)
431 U.S. 720, Illinois Brick Co. v. Iliinois (1977)
438 U.S. 422, U.S. v. United States Gypsum Co. et al. (1978)
451 U.S. 630, Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc., et al. (1981)
467 U.S. 752, Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. (1984)
490 U.S. 93, California v. ARC America Corp. (1989)
96-871, State Oil v. Khan (1997)

Electronics

339 U.S. 827, Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co., Ind. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc. (1950)
395 U.S. 100, Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc., et al. (1969)
433 U.S. 36, Continental T.V., Inc., et al. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. (1977)
475 U.S. 574, Matsushita Elec. Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio, (1986)
485 U.S. 717, Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp. (1988)
96-1570, NYNEX Corp. et al. v. Discon, Inc. (1998)

Finance: Banks, Commodity & Stock Market, etc.

171 U.S. 578, Hopkins v. U.S. (1898)
171 U.S. 604, Anderson v. U.S. (1898)
246 U.S. 231, Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, et al. v. U.S. (1918)
373 U.S. 341, Silver v. New York Stock Exchange (1963)
374 U.S. 321, U.S. v. Philadelphia National Bank et al. (1963)
409 U.S. 289, Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange et al. (1973)
422 U.S. 659, Gordon v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (1975)

Firearms

486 U.S. 800, Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp. (1988)

Food, Groceries, & Consumer Goods

156 U.S. 1, U.S. v. E. C. Knight Company (1895)
196 U.S. 375, Swift and Company v. U.S. (1905)
250 U.S. 300, U.S. v. Colgate & Company (1919)
317 U.S. 341, Parker, Director of Agriculture, et al. v. Brown (1943)
334 U.S. 37, F.T.C. v. Morton Salt (1948)
346 U.S. 61, Automatic Canteen Co. v. F.T.C. (1953)
363 U.S. 166, F.T.C. v. Henry Broch & Co. (1960)
381 U.S. 676, Amalgamated Meat Cutters v. Jewel Tea Co., Inc. (1965)
384 U.S. 270, U.S. v. Von’s Grocery (1966)
386 U.S. 685, Utah Pie Co. v. Continental Baking Co. et al. (1967)
405 U.S. 596, U. S. v. Topco Associates, Inc. (1972)
440 U.S. 69, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission (1979)
479 U.S. 104, Cargill, Inc. v. Monfort of Colorado, Inc. (1986)
495 U.S. 271, California v. American Stores (1990)

Government: Federal, State, & Local

455 U.S. 40, Community Communications Co., Inc. v. City of Boulder (1982)
471 U.S. 34 , Town Of Hallie, et al. v. City of Eau Claire (1985)
475 U.S. 260, Fisher v. City of Berkeley (1986)
499 U.S. 365, City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. (1991)
02-1290, USPS v. Flamingo Industries (2004)

Health Care & Medical Devices

317 U.S. 519, American Medical Association v. U.S. (1943)
343 U.S. 326, U.S. v. Oregon State Medical Society et al. (1952)
442 U.S. 330, Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. (1979)
457 U.S. 332, Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society et al. (1982)
457 U.S. 465, Blue Shield Of Virginia, et al. v. McCready (1982)
460 U.S. 150, Jefferson County Pharmaceutical Association, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories et al. (1983)
466 U.S. 2, Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 et al. v. Hyde (1984)
476 U.S. 447, F.T.C. v. Indiana Federation of Dentists (1986)
486 U.S. 94, Patrick v. Burget et al. (1988)
500 U.S. 322, Summit Health Ltd. v. Pinhas (1991)

Household Goods

388 U.S. 350, U. S. v. Sealy, Inc. (1967)
428 U.S. 579, Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. (1976)

Insurance

317 U.S. 519, American Medical Association v. U.S. (1943)
438 U.S. 531, St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. v. Barry (1978)
504 U.S. 621, F.T.C. v. Ticor Title Insurance Co. (1992)
509 U.S. 764, Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California (1993)

Labor and Unions

208 U.S. 274, Loewe v. Lawlor (1908)
312 U.S. 219, U.S. v. Hutcheson et al. (1941)
325 U.S. 797, Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (1945)
381 U.S. 657, United Mine Workers v. Pennington et al. (1965)
381 U.S. 676, Amalgamated Meat Cutters v. Jewel Tea Co., Inc. (1965)
421 U.S. 616, Connell Construction Co. v. Plumbers (1975)
459 U.S. 519, Associated General Contractors v. Carpenters (1983)
518 U.S. 231, Brown v. Pro Football, Inc. (1996)

Legal Services

421 U.S. 773, Goldfarb et ux. v. Virginia State Bar et al. (1975)
433 U.S. 350, Bates v. State Bar of Arizona (1977)
466 U.S. 558, Hoover v. Ronwin (1984)
493 U.S. 411, F.T.C. v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association, et al. (1990)

Lights and Lighting Equipment

272 U.S. 476, U.S. v. General Electric Co. et al. (1926)
428 U.S. 579, Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. (1976)

Machinery: Business and Industrial

224 U.S. 1, Henry v. A.B. Dick (1912)
247 U.S. 32, U.S. v. United Shoe Machinery Co. (1918)
298 U.S. 131, International Business Machines Corp. v. U.S. (1936)
392 U.S. 481, Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe Machinery Corp. (1968)
429 U.S. 477, Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc. (1976)

Media & Arts: Print, Film, TV, Theater, etc.

306 U.S. 208, Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. U.S. (1939)
334 U.S. 100, U.S. v. Griffith et al. (1948)
334 U.S. 110, Schine Chain Theatres, Inc. et al. v. U.S. (1948)
334 U.S. 131, U.S. v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. et al. (1948)
326 U.S. 1, Associated Press, et al. v. U.S. (1945)
342 U.S. 143, Lorain Journal Co. et al. v. U.S. (1951)
345 U.S. 594, Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. U. S. (1953)
346 U.S. 537, Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp. et al. (1954)
348 U.S. 222, U.S. v. Shubert et al. (1955)
368 U.S. 464, Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. et al. (1962)
371 U.S. 38, U.S. v. Loew’s Incorporated et al. (1962)
390 U.S. 145, Albrecht v. Herald Co. (1968)
441 U.S. 1, Broadcast Music, Inc., et al. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. (1979)
455 U.S. 40, Community Communications Co., Inc. v. City of Boulder (1982)
468 U.S. 85, N.C.A.A. v. Board of Regents of The University of Oklahoma et al. (1984)
508 U.S. 49, Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (1993)

Oil, Gasoline, and Coal

221 U.S. 1, Standard Oil of New Jersey v. U.S. (1911)
288 U.S. 344, Appalachian Coals, Inc., et al. v. U.S. (1933)
310 U.S. 150, U.S. v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. et al. (1940)
337 U.S. 293, Standard Oil Company of California et al. v. United States (1949)
340 U.S. 231, Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Trade Commission (1951)
365 U.S. 320, Tampa Electric Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. et al. (1961)
371 U.S. 505, F.T.C. v. Sun Oil Co (1963)
377 U.S. 13, Simpson v. Union Oil Co. (1964)
381 U.S. 657, United Mine Workers v. Pennington et al. (1965)
405 U.S. 201, Hawaii v. Standard Oil of California (1972)
437 U.S. 117, Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland (1978)
495 U.S. 328, Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co. (1990)
496 U.S. 543, Texaco Inc. v. Hasbrouck, et al. (1990)

Packaging Materials

393 U.S. 333, U.S. v. Container Corporation of America et al. (1969)

Pharmaceuticals

220 U.S. 373, Dr. Miles Medical Company v. John D. Park & Sons Company (1911)
362 U.S. 29, U.S. v. Parke, Davis & Co. (1960)
434 U.S. 308, Pfizer, Inc. et al. v. Government of India et al. (1978)
440 U.S. 205, Group Life & Health Ins. Co. et al. v. Royal Drug Co., Inc. et al. (1979)
460 U.S. 150, Jefferson County Pharmaceutical Association, Inc. v. Abbott Laboratories et al. (1983)

Photographic Equip. & Services

504 U.S. 451, Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc. (1992)
Back to the top Professional Societies and Trade Associations
268 U.S. 563, Maple Flooring Manufacturers Assn. et al. v. U.S. (1925)
339 U.S. 485, U. S v. National Association of Real Estate Boards et al. (1950)
393 U.S. 199, United States v. Concentrated Phosphate Export Assn., Inc. (1968)
435 U.S. 679, National Society of Professional Engineers v. U.S. (1978)
456 U.S. 556, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp. (1982)
486 U.S. 492, Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc. (1988)
444 U.S. 232, McLain v. Real Estate Board of New Orleans, Inc. (1980)

Recreation

472 U.S. 585, Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp. (1985)

Retail Trade

359 U.S. 207, Klor’s, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., et al. (1959)
312 U.S. 457, Fashion Originators’ Guild Of America, Inc., et al. v. F.T.C. (1941)
433 U.S. 36, Continental T.V., Inc., et al. v. GTE Sylvania Inc. (1977)
458 U.S. 886, NAACP v. Claiborne Hardware (1982)
472 U.S. 284, Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co. (1985)

Services

422 U.S. 271, U.S. v. American Building Maintenance Industries (1975)

Shoes and Shoe Machinery

247 U.S. 32, U.S. v. United Shoe Machinery Co. (1918)
370 U.S. 294, Brown Shoe Co. v. U.S. (1961)
392 U.S. 481, Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe Machinery Corp. (1968)

Sports: Professional and Collegiate

259 U.S. 200, Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, et al. (1922)
346 U.S. 356, Toolson v. New York Yankees, Inc. et al. (1953)
352 U.S. 445, Radovich v. National Football League et al. (1957)
401 U.S. 1204, Haywood v. National Basketball Assn. (1971)
407 U.S. 258, Flood v. Kuhn et al. (1972)
468 U.S. 85, N.C.A.A. v. Board of Regents of The University of Oklahoma et al. (1984)
518 U.S. 231, Brown v. Pro Football, Inc. (1996)

Steel

251 U.S. 417, U.S. v. U.S. Steel (1920)
334 U.S. 495, U.S. v. Columbia Steel (1948)

Tobacco

221 U.S. 106, U.S. v. American Tobacco (1911)
328 U.S. 781, American Tobacco Co. et al. v. U.S. (1946)
509 U.S. 209, Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. (1993)

Transportation: Rail, Trucking, Airlines, etc.

166 U.S. 290, U.S. v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association (1897)
171 U.S. 505, U.S. v. Joint Traffic Association (1898)
193 U.S. 197, Northern Securities Co. v. United States (1904)
356 U.S. 1, Northern Pacific Railway Co. et al. v. U.S. (1958)
365 U.S. 127, Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference et al. v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc., et al. (1961)
371 U.S. 296, Pan American World Airways, Inc., v. U. S. (1963)
404 U.S. 508, California Motor Transport Co. et al. v. Trucking Unlimited et al. (1972)
409 U.S. 363, Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc. (1973)
471 U.S. 48, Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. U. S. (1985)

Utilities, Public & Telecommunications (e.g., electricity)

428 U.S. 579, Cantor v. Detroit Edison Co. (1976)
435 U.S. 389, City of Lafayette, Louisiana, et al. v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. (1978)