AMERICAN BANANA CO. v. UNITED FRUIT CO.

No. 686.

213 U.S. 347 (1909)

AMERICAN BANANA COMPANY v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 26, 1909.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Everett P. Wheeler, with whom Mr. Horace E. Deming was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Henry W. Taft and Mr. Moorfield Storey, with whom Mr. Walker B. Spencer and Mr. J.L. Thorndike were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought to recover threefold damages under the Act to Protect Trade against Monopolies. July 2, 1890, c. 647, § 7. 26 Stat. 209, 210. The Circuit Court dismissed the complaint upon motion, as not setting forth a cause of action. 160 Fed. Rep. 184. This judgment was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, 166 Fed. Rep. 261, and the case then was...

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