MONOPOLIES

Addresses

AT&T Divestiture Case: Mimi Dawson, FCC, 38831 [20DE]

Trade, Interdependence, and Conflicts of Jurisdiction: George P. Shultz, Sec. of State, 3703-3705 [27FE]

Amendments

Agriculture: proposed antitrust remedies for product sellers, 21756 [31JY]

Antitrust policy: application in foreign trade (S. 397), 35103 [6DE]

Courts: violators subject to individual responsibility for treble the amount of damages (S. 1300), 20509 [25JY]

Analyses

Consumer Rail Equity Act (S. 477), 2726-2728 [20FE], 29984-29986 [31OC]

Enhancement of Competition in Gasoline Retail Market (S. 1140), 12149 [15MY]

Articles and editorials

Doesn't Anyone Give a D . . . ?, 21654 [31JY]

Enough Greenmail, 5614 [19MR]

Oil Industry Mergers (excerpt), 15718 [13JN]

Relocation of Professional Football Franchises (excerpt), 266 [3JA]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: right of sellers of products to bring antitrust actions (see H.R. 29)

Airlines: review and approval of acquisition of certain corporations (see S. 1267)

Antitrust actions: public notice on proposed FTC or Dept. of Justice guidelines relative to enforcement policy (see H.R. 1467)

Antitrust policy: application in foreign trade (see S. 397)

Business: prohibit certain involuntary acquisitions of persons engaged in commerce (see H.R. 1831)

Construction industry: proposed Federal contract changes (see H.R. 472)

Corporations: establish uniform waiting period for acquisitions (see H.R. 1075)

———modify notification requirements applicable to mergers and tender offers (see H.R. 2735, 3639)

———modify notification requirements of mergers and tender offers (see H.R. 1074)

———restrictions on consolidated returns (see H.R. 1678)

———temporary prohibition on hostile takeovers (see H.R. 998)

Courts: violators subject to individual responsibility for treble the amount of damages (see S. 1300)

Dept. of Justice: status of Vertical Restraints Guidelines (see S. Con. Res. 56; H. Res. 278)

———unofficial status of published Vertical Restraints Guidelines (see H. Res. 303)

———unofficial treatment of Vertical Restraints Guidelines (see H. Con. Res. 128)

Inter-LATA Telecommunications Competition Act: enact (see H.R. 957)

Investments: requirements for acquisition of substantial energy reserves holders (see H.R. 2777)

Labor unions: remove Sherman Act's statutory limitations (see H.R. 78)

Malt beverages: clarify the application of antitrust laws to certain agreements imposing territorial limitations on distribution of trademarked products for resale (see H.R. 3793)

———legality of exclusive territorial agreements to distribute and sell certain trademarked products (see S. 412)

Meat production and marketing: aid, protect, and preserve (see H.R. 461)

Meatpacking companies: protect small business against unreasonable use of economic power (see H.R. 460)

Office of Competition and Economic Concentration: establish (see H.R. 1832)

Petroleum: prevent certain acquisitions of domestic companies by major international energy concerns (see S. 1299)

Railroad Antimonopoly Act: enact (see S. 447)

Railroads: prohibiting carriers from denying use of track to shippers of certain commodities (see H.R. 1140)

———rates in absence of effective competition (see S. 477; H.R. 1190)

Retail Competition Enforcement Act: enact (see S. 1445)

Stockholders: factors used in determining whether certain acquisitions may substantially affect competition (see H.R. 1515)

Telecommunication: facilitate deregulation of dominant local acess transport area carrier (see H.R. 957)

Television: FCC review of acquisition of networks (see S. 1312; H.R. 2904)

U.S. dollar: ameliorate adverse economic effects of overvaluation (see H.R. 2934)

Court decisions

Structure of State liquor distribution systems: Supreme Court (excerpt), 1977 [6FE]

Documents

Vertical Restraints Guidelines (excerpt), 9261 [24AP]

Letters

FTC reporting requirement relative to predatory pricing: John M. Rector, 20453 [25JY]

———Thomas K. Zaucha, 20453 [25JY]

Relocation of professional football franchises: Pete Rozelle, for the National Football League, 265 [3JA]

———Senator Specter, 264, 265 [3JA]

Lists

Consumer Rail Equity Act (S. 477) supporters, 2728 [20FE]

Supporters of the Consumer Rail Equity Act (S. 477), 29987 [31OC]

Memorials of legislature

Nevada, 16251 [19JN]

Pennsylvania, 13437 [23MY]

Petitions

U.S. Dept. of Justice Vertical Restraints Guidelines: National Association of Attorneys General, 25232 [26SE]

Press releases

Congressional hearings on corporate mergers: Senator Thurmond, 2713 [20FE]

Remarks in House

Antitrust laws: make applicable to labor unions, 480 [3JA]

Antitrust policy: application to corporate mergers, 4102 [28FE]

AT&T: telecommunications policy, 29546 [29OC]

Corporations: antitrust policy relative to mergers, 4102 [28FE]

———establish uniform waiting period for acquisitions (H.R. 1075), 2322 [7FE]

———impact of hostile takeovers on the national economy, 5614 [19MR]

———modify notification requirements of mergers and tender offers (H.R. 1074), 2322 [7FE]

———prohibit noncompetitive mergers, 4272 [28FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal (H.R. 73), 466 [3JA]

Dept. of Justice: unofficial status of published Vertical Restraints Guidelines (H. Res. 303), 29679 [30OC], 35184 [9DE]

———unofficial treatment of Vertical Restraints Guidelines (H. Con. Res. 128), 9261 [24AP]

Gasoline: impact of deregulation on prices, 20178 [24JY]

Inter-LATA Telecommunications Competition Act: enact (H.R. 957), 2050-2052 [6FE]

Major League Sports Community Protection Act: enact (H.R. 956), 1854 [6FE]

Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act: enact, 2330 [7FE]

Private Express Statutes: repeal (H.R. 73), 466 [3JA]

Professional sports leagues: modify and clarify application of antitrust laws (H.R. 956), 1854 [6FE]

Railroad Antimonopoly Act: enact, 2314 [7FE]

Railroads: criminal sanctions for failure to open up solely owned facility (H.R. 1140), 26927 [9OC], 27024 [9OC], 29547 [29OC]

Share capital and stock: determine effects of acquisitions on competition (H.R. 1515), 5076 [7MR]

Telecommunications industry: Modified Final Judgment regulations, 33193 [20NO]

United States Steel Corp.: acquisition of Texas Oil & Gas Co., 31814 [13NO]

Vertical Restraints Guidelines: sense of Congress relative to antitrust enforcement (H. Res. 278), 25232 [26SE]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: proposed antitrust remedies for product sellers, 21756 [31JY]

Alcoholic beverages: legality of exclusive territorial agreements to distribute and sell certain trademarked malt beverage products (S. 412), 1977 [6FE]

American Airlines: price-fixing case, 21654 [31JY]

Antitrust policy: application in foreign trade (S. 397), 1942 [6FE], 3702 [27FE], 35104 [6DE]

Braniff International: price-fixing case, 21654 [31JY]

Business: enhance competition in gasoline retail market (S. 1140), 12148 [15MY]

Corporations: mergers, 2713 [20FE]

Courts: violators subject to individual responsibility for treble the amount of damages (S. 1300), 15719 [13JN], 16205 [19JN]

Dept. of Justice: disapproval of vertical restraint guidelines, 28919 [24OC]

———sense of Congress on vertical restraint guidelines (S. Con. Res. 56), 19124 [16JY]

FTC: reporting requirement relative to predatory pricing, 20453 [25JY]

Petroleum: prevent certain acquisitions of domestic companies by major international energy concerns (S. 1299), 15718 [13JN]

Power resources: moratorium on hostile takeovers of domestic oil and natural gas corporations (S. 473), 2495 [19FE]

Professional Sports Community Protection Act: enact (S. 259), 35376 [9DE]

Railroad Antimonopoly Act: enact (S. 447), 2190 [7FE]

Railroads: rates in absence of effective competition (S. 477), 2723-2731 [20FE], 21670 [31JY]

———rates in absence of effective competition (S. 477), star print, 29983, 29989 [31OC]

Sports: antitrust policy relative to professional football franchises, 34388 [5DE]

———preclude relocation of professional football franchises (S. 172), 260-266 [3JA]

Television: FCC review of acquisition of networks (S. 1312), 16023 [18JN]

Reports

Dept. of Justice Antitrust Unofficial Action Status of Published Vertical Restraints Guidelines: Committee on the Judiciary (H. Res. 303) (H. Rept. 99-399), 32618 [20NO]

Interstate Acquisitions of Depository Institutions: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 2707) (H. Rept. 99-174), 16121 [18JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Railroad rates in absence of effective competition: National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, 2729 [20FE]

———National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, 2731 [20FE]

———National Governors' Association, 2729 [20FE]

———National League of Cities, 2730 [20FE]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, 2730 [20FE]

Statements

Antitrust Law: Ira M. Millstein, 9261 [24AP]

Extraterritorial application of domestic law: Hans Angermueller, 3702 [27FE]

———Nicholas Katzenbach, 3702 [27FE]

FCC Review of Acquisition of Television Networks, 16023 [18JN]

Impact of Mergers in Oil Industry: Sanford Margoshes, 15718 [13JN]

Relocation of Professional Football Franchises: Senator DeConcini, 266 [3JA]

Sale of Conrail: Neil F. Hartigan, 27844 [17OC]

———several State attorneys general, 27845-27847 [17OC]

Vertical Restraint Guidelines: Monroe Milstein, 28920 [24OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 303, antitrust enforcement policy guidelines, 29680 [30OC]

H. Res. 303, unofficial status of Vertical Restraints Guidelines (H. Res. 303), 35184 [9DE]

Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act, 2330 [7FE]

S. 172, preclude relocation of professional football franchises, 263 [3JA]

S. 397, antitrust policy application in foreign trade, 1943-1945 [6FE]

S. 412, clarify circumstances for legality of exclusive territorial agreements to distribute and sell certain trademarked malt beverage products, 1978 [6FE]

S. 477, Consumer Rail Equity Act, 2724-2726 [20FE]

S. 1299, Domestic Petroleum Company Acquisition Act, 15719 [13JN]

S. 1300, treble damages responsibility for antitrust violations, 16205 [19JN]

S. 1312, Federal Communications Commission Network Acquisition Approval Act, 16304 [19JN]

S. Con. Res. 56, sense of Congress on Dept. of Justice's vertical restraint guidelines, 19124 [16JY]