Northern Securities Co. v. United States
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:court_cases
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| gptkbp:case_analysis |
examined corporate behavior
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| gptkbp:case_number |
gptkb:No._1
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| gptkbp:case_outcome |
gptkb:Justice_John_Marshall_Harlan
affirmed lower court's decision resolved increased scrutiny of corporate mergers influenced public policy on corporate regulation dissolution order affirmed by Supreme Court increased public awareness of monopolistic practices dissolution of a major holding company led to more aggressive antitrust prosecutions strengthened antitrust enforcement mechanisms upheld Sherman Act enforcement led to the creation of the Federal Trade Commission. |
| gptkbp:case_significance |
established federal authority over monopolies
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| gptkbp:case_types |
antitrust litigation
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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| gptkbp:decided_by |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
March 14, 1904 |
| gptkbp:dissenting_opinion |
gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
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| gptkbp:doctrine |
rule of reason
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| gptkbp:has_historical_significance |
first major antitrust case
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| gptkbp:historical_context |
railroad industry consolidation
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| gptkbp:historical_significance |
landmark case in U. S. antitrust law
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Northern Securities Co. v. United States
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| gptkbp:impact |
gptkb:Sherman_Antitrust_Act
strengthened federal antitrust policy |
| gptkbp:influenced_by |
Progressive Era reforms
Theodore Roosevelt's presidency |
| gptkbp:involved_parties |
gptkb:Northern_Securities_Company
gptkb:United_States_government |
| gptkbp:is_cited_in |
193 U. S. 197
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| gptkbp:judicial_review |
reviewed by Supreme Court
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| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:legal_issue |
gptkb:Monopoly
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| gptkbp:legal_outcome |
set precedent for future antitrust litigation
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| gptkbp:legal_principle |
prohibition of monopolistic practices
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| gptkbp:legal_representation |
Attorney General Philander C. Knox
Northern Securities represented by J. P. Morgan |
| gptkbp:legislation |
Antitrust laws
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| gptkbp:notable_quote |
" The public must be protected from monopolies."
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| gptkbp:outcome |
dissolution of Northern Securities Company
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| gptkbp:precedent |
future antitrust cases
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| gptkbp:public_reaction |
support for antitrust enforcement
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| gptkbp:related_cases |
gptkb:United_States_v._E._C._Knight_Co.
gptkb:Standard_Oil_Co._of_New_Jersey_v._United_States |
| gptkbp:significance |
antitrust law
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:U._S._v._E._C._Knight_Co.
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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