Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:area antitrust law
First Amendment law
gptkbp:citation 365 U.S. 127
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date February 26, 1961
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference
gptkbp:docketNumber 26
gptkbp:fullName Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference et al. v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc., et al.
gptkbp:hasDoctrine gptkb:Noerr-Pennington_doctrine
gptkbp:heldBy Efforts to influence public officials through political processes are immune from antitrust liability under the Sherman Act.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.
gptkbp:joinedBy gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Justice_John_M._Harlan_II
gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Justice_Tom_C._Clark
gptkb:Justice_Charles_Evans_Whittaker
Chief Justice Earl Warren
gptkbp:legalCitation 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
gptkbp:plaintiff Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.
gptkbp:subject antitrust immunity
petitioning the government
gptkbp:subsequentHistory gptkb:United_Mine_Workers_v._Pennington
California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Noerr-Pennington_doctrine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7