ANTITRUST POLICY related term(s) Monopolies

Addresses

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]

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

Foreign trade: jurisdiction of U.S. courts (S. 397), 35103 [6DE]

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]

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

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

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: right of sellers of products (see H.R. 29)

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

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

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

Dept. of Justice: period for public comments on proposed guidelines relative to enforcement policy (see H.R. 1467)

———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)

Export Trading Company Act: amend (see S. 1934)

Foreign trade: jurisdiction of U.S. courts (see S. 397)

FTC: period for public comments on proposed guidelines relative to enforcement policy (see H.R. 1467)

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)

———territorial provisions in licenses to distribute and sell trademarked products (see H.R. 1108)

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)

Patents: protection of consumers against conspiracies by certain patent holders (see S. 1358)

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

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

Professional Football Stabilization Act: enact (see S. 172)

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)

Sports: protection of public interest (see H.R. 956)

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

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

Court decisions

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

Documents

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

Letters

Antitrust actions by agricultural sellers: JoAnn Smith, 32745 [20NO]

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

———Thomas K. Zaucha, 20453 [25JY]

Professional Sports Community Protection Act (S. 259): Richard C. Hackett, 38634 [19DE]

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]

Press releases

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

Remarks in House

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

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

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

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

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

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]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: allow certain sellers of products to file antitrust suits, 32742-32747, 32748-32751 [20NO]

———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]

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 restraints guidelines, 30256 [1NO]

Export Trading Company Act: amend (S. 1934), 36278-36279 [12DE]

Foreign trade: jurisdiction of U.S. courts (S. 397), 1942 [6FE], 3702 [27FE], 35104 [6DE]

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

Interstate banking: monopoly, 21654 [31JY]

Patents: protection of consumers against conspiracies by certain patent holders (S. 1358), 17062 [25JN]

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), 11887 [14MY], 35376 [9DE], 36299 [12DE], 36818 [17DE], 38633 [19DE]

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: clarify policies relative to satellite-transmitted programming (S. 1618), 23234 [10SE]

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

Tobacco industry: exemptions for certain companies, 31936-31939 [14NO]

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]

Resolutions by organizations

Antitrust enforcement guidelines: National Association of Attorneys General, 30256 [1NO]

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]

Support for the Professional Sports Community Protection Act (S. 259): several local government officials, 36819 [17DE]

Statements

Antitrust Actions by Agricultural Sellers: Small Manufacturers Council (excerpt), 32749 [20NO]

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]

Testimonies

Professional Sports Franchise Expansion: Charles Rule (excerpt), 36819 [17DE]

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]

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. 447, Railroad Antimonopoly Act, 2191 [7FE]

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. 1358, Dept. of Justice protection of consumers against conspiracies by certain patent holders, 17062 [25JN]

S. 1934, Bank Export Services Act and Export Trading Company Act amendments, 36280 [12DE]

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