American Column & Lumber Co. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1921-12-19

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Mr. Justice Holmes, dissenting. When there are competing sellers of a class of goods, knowledge of the total stock on hand, of the probable total demand, and of the prices paid, of course will tend to equalize the prices asked. But I should have supposed that the Sherman Act did not set itself against, knowledge — did not aim at a transitory cheapness unprofitable to the community as a whole because not corresp…

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