SAFEWAY STORES v. OKLAHOMA GROCERS

No. 252.

360 U.S. 334 (1959)

SAFEWAY STORES, INC., v. OKLAHOMA RETAIL GROCERS ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramsey Clark argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were V. P. Crowe, Robert L. Clark and William L. Keller.

Samuel M. Lane argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were W. J. Holloway, Sr., M. A. Ned Looney and Robert P. Beshar.

Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, filed a brief, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

Chester Inwald filed a brief for the National Association of Tobacco Distributors, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit for an injunction, brought in a state court in Oklahoma by appellee, Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association, against appellant, Safeway Stores, for selling several specified items of retail grocery merchandise below "cost" in violation of the Oklahoma Unfair Sales Act. Okla. Stat. tit. 15, §§ 598.1-598.11 (1951). Section 598.3 of the Act provides...

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