Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.
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Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 551 U.S. 877 (2007), is a US antitrust case in which the United States Supreme Court overruled Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John D. Park & Sons Co.[1] Dr Miles had ruled that vertical price restraints were illegal per se under Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Leegin established that the legality of such restraints are to be judged based on the rule of reason.
Quick Facts Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., Argued March 26, 2007 Decided June 28, 2007 ...
Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. | |
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Argued March 26, 2007 Decided June 28, 2007 | |
Full case name | Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. |
Docket no. | 06-480 |
Citations | 551 U.S. 877 (more) 127 S. Ct. 2705; 168 L. Ed. 2d 623 |
Case history | |
Prior | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit |
Holding | |
Vertical price restraints are to be judged by the rule of reason, rather than being treated as illegal per se. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito |
Dissent | Breyer, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg |
Laws applied | |
Sherman Antitrust Act | |
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings | |
Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John D. Park & Sons Co. (1911) |
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