Albrecht v. Herald Co.
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Albrecht v. Herald Co. is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that held maximum resale price maintenance to be per se illegal under the Sherman Act.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Albrecht v. Herald Co. canonical | 2 |
| Albrecht v. Herald Co., 390 U.S. 145 (1968) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5539332 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albrecht v. Herald Co. Context triple: [The Antitrust Paradox, criticizes, Albrecht v. Herald Co.]
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A.
Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
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B.
Eisner v. Macomber
Eisner v. Macomber is a 1920 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a pro rata stock dividend was not taxable income under the Sixteenth Amendment, shaping early federal income tax doctrine.
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C.
United States v. Washington Post Co.
United States v. Washington Post Co. is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that, alongside New York Times Co. v. United States, upheld the press’s right to publish the Pentagon Papers against prior restraint by the government.
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D.
New York Times Co. v. United States
New York Times Co. v. United States is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the press’s right to publish the Pentagon Papers, sharply limiting the government’s power to impose prior restraint on the media.
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E.
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albrecht v. Herald Co. Target entity description: Albrecht v. Herald Co. is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that held maximum resale price maintenance to be per se illegal under the Sherman Act.
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A.
Sherbert v. Verner
Sherbert v. Verner is a landmark 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case that strengthened protections for religious liberty by requiring strict scrutiny of government actions that substantially burden individuals’ religious practices.
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B.
Eisner v. Macomber
Eisner v. Macomber is a 1920 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a pro rata stock dividend was not taxable income under the Sixteenth Amendment, shaping early federal income tax doctrine.
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C.
United States v. Washington Post Co.
United States v. Washington Post Co. is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that, alongside New York Times Co. v. United States, upheld the press’s right to publish the Pentagon Papers against prior restraint by the government.
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D.
New York Times Co. v. United States
New York Times Co. v. United States is a 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the press’s right to publish the Pentagon Papers, sharply limiting the government’s power to impose prior restraint on the media.
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E.
Argersinger v. Hamlin
Argersinger v. Hamlin is a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that extended the right to counsel to defendants in misdemeanor cases that may result in imprisonment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherman Act case
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U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ antitrust case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
antitrust law
ⓘ
competition law ⓘ |
| category |
United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
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United States Supreme Court cases on antitrust law ⓘ |
| citation | 390 U.S. 145 ⓘ |
| citationStyle |
Albrecht v. Herald Co., 390 U.S. 145 (1968)
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linked to:
Albrecht v. Herald Co.
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| concurrenceBy |
Potter Stewart
ⓘ
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1968-05-20 ⓘ |
| decisionMethod | plenary review ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority decision ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Hugo L. Black
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John M. Harlan II ⓘ Tom C. Clark ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 51 ⓘ |
| fullName | Albrecht v. Herald Co. ⓘ |
| holding | Maximum resale price maintenance is per se illegal under §1 of the Sherman Act. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal law ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterTreatment | Per se rule on maximum resale price maintenance rejected in State Oil Co. v. Khan. ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
Sherman Act §1
ⓘ
linked to:
Sherman Antitrust Act
maximum resale price maintenance ⓘ |
| legalRule | Agreements to fix maximum resale prices are per se violations of the Sherman Act. ⓘ |
| majorityJoinedBy |
Abe Fortas
ⓘ
Earl Warren ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Byron R. White ⓘ |
| overruledBy | State Oil Co. v. Khan ⓘ |
| overruledByYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| page | 145 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Albrecht ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | overruled in part ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent |
Herald Co.
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linked to:
Herald-Traveler Corporation
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| result | Judgment of the court of appeals reversed. ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted | Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
newspaper distribution
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vertical price restraints ⓘ |
| volume | 390 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1968 ⓘ |
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Subject: Albrecht v. Herald Co. Description of subject: Albrecht v. Herald Co. is a 1968 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that held maximum resale price maintenance to be per se illegal under the Sherman Act.
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linked to: Albrecht v. Herald Co.