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Sherman Antitrust Act


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The original US federal antitrust legislation. In 1890 this act prohibited ‘all contracts, combinations and conspiracies in restraint of trade’, and monopoly in interstate and foreign trade. The Sherman Act required subsequent amendment, including the Clayton Act of 1914.

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in The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States (2) Length: 716 words
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in The Oxford Guide to the United States Government Length: 241 words
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in A Dictionary of Economics (3) Length: 41 words

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