Sherman Antitrust Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:appliesTo interstate commerce
foreign commerce
gptkbp:category gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Antitrust_law
gptkbp:codifiedIn 15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Justice
Federal courts
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:An_act_to_protect_trade_and_commerce_against_unlawful_restraints_and_monopolies
gptkbp:has_landmark_case gptkb:United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.
gptkb:United_States_v._American_Tobacco_Co.
gptkb:Standard_Oil_Co._of_New_Jersey_v._United_States
gptkb:United_States_v._AT&T
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sherman Antitrust Act
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_Sherman
gptkbp:penalty criminal penalties
civil penalties
gptkbp:purpose promote competition
prohibit monopolies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Clayton_Antitrust_Act
gptkb:Federal_Trade_Commission_Act
gptkbp:section Section 1
Section 2
gptkbp:section1Content prohibits contracts, combinations, or conspiracies in restraint of trade
gptkbp:section2Content prohibits monopolization or attempts to monopolize
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
July 2, 1890
gptkbp:status in force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Gilded_Age
gptkb:John_Sherman
gptkb:Antitrust_Division
gptkb:Benjamin_Harrison
gptkb:Clayton_Antitrust_Act
gptkb:Federal_Trade_Commission_Act
gptkb:Gilded_Age
gptkb:American_Tobacco_Company
gptkb:Antitrust_lawsuit_by_US_Department_of_Justice
gptkb:Northern_Securities_Company
gptkb:Progressive_Era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5