Hearing[s] Before the Committee on Interstate Commerce, United States Senate, Sixty-second Congress Pursuant to S. Res. 98. A Resolution Directing the Committee on Interstate Commerce to Investigate and Report Desirable Changes in the Laws Regulating and Controlling Corporations, Persons, and Firms Engaged in Interstate Commerce, Volume 2, Parts 18-27U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913 - Corporation law |
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... CHAIRMAN . You do not remember of any such case under the common law ? Mr. KRAUTHOFF . I do not . The ACTING CHAIRMAN . And these offenses against public policy were not criminal acts under the common law ? Mr. KRAUTHOFF . No , except ...
... CHAIRMAN . You do not remember of any such case under the common law ? Mr. KRAUTHOFF . I do not . The ACTING CHAIRMAN . And these offenses against public policy were not criminal acts under the common law ? Mr. KRAUTHOFF . No , except ...
Page 1443
... CHAIRMAN . Then it is your opinion that a corpora- tion which simply , by reason of its general relations to trade- and size and location and any other characteristics that it may have that its power to fix prices is not necessarily a ...
... CHAIRMAN . Then it is your opinion that a corpora- tion which simply , by reason of its general relations to trade- and size and location and any other characteristics that it may have that its power to fix prices is not necessarily a ...
Page 1444
... CHAIRMAN . Then , I take it , that it is also your opin- ion that , barring vicious practices , such a corporation would not be in restraint of trade . Mr. KRAUTHOFF . Treating it baldly , as you do , I do not think it would be , and I ...
... CHAIRMAN . Then , I take it , that it is also your opin- ion that , barring vicious practices , such a corporation would not be in restraint of trade . Mr. KRAUTHOFF . Treating it baldly , as you do , I do not think it would be , and I ...
Page 1445
... CHAIRMAN . Is there any possible harm that can come to the public from these combinations , save the harm that comes from the annihilation of competition ? I am not now speaking of the sociological effect of monopolies or combinations ...
... CHAIRMAN . Is there any possible harm that can come to the public from these combinations , save the harm that comes from the annihilation of competition ? I am not now speaking of the sociological effect of monopolies or combinations ...
Page 1446
... CHAIRMAN . The antitrust law may be a little more precise in this , that the words " in restraint of trade " have received during a long series of years certain interpretations , and the word " monopoly " has received certain ...
... CHAIRMAN . The antitrust law may be a little more precise in this , that the words " in restraint of trade " have received during a long series of years certain interpretations , and the word " monopoly " has received certain ...
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Page 1886 - SEC. 4. The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act ; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the attorney general, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 2100 - An act done by a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute shall not be actionable on the ground only that it induces some other person to break a contract of employment or that it is an interference with the trade, business, or employment of some other person, or with the right of some other person to dispose of his capital or his labor as he wills.
Page 1743 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act...
Page 1761 - An act done In pursuance of an agreement or combination by two or more persons shall, if done in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute, not be actionable unless the act, if done without any such agreement or combination, would be actionable.
Page 1491 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 1886 - Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any proceeding under section four of this Act may be pending that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be summoned, whether they reside in the district in which the court is held or not; and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.
Page 2100 - An action against a trade union, whether of workmen or masters, or against any members or officials thereof on behalf of themselves and all other members of the trade union in respect of any tortious act alleged to have been committed by or on behalf of the trade union, shall not be entertained by any court.
Page 1641 - State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Page 1508 - The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country and adapt themselves to the new developments of time and circumstances.
Page 2097 - ... 4. Watches or besets the house or other place where such other person resides, or works, or carries on business, or happens to be, or the approach to such house or place ; or, 5.