United States v. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1997-03-17

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SELYA, Circuit Judge. This case raises an important, hitherto unanswered question. In it, the United States attempts to convict a foreign corporation under the Sherman Act, a federal antitrust statute, alleging that price-fixing activities which took place entirely in Japan are prosecutable because they were intended to have, and did in fact have, substantial effects in this country. The district court, declaring that a criminal…

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