HUDSON DISTRIBUTORS v. ELI LILLY

No. 490.

377 U.S. 386 (1964)

HUDSON DISTRIBUTORS, INC., v. ELI LILLY & CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myron N. Krotinger argued the cause for appellant in both cases. With him on the briefs were Leonard Lane and Morton L. Stone.

Ralph M. Carson argued the cause for appellee in No. 489. With him on the brief was Henry L. King.

Everett I. Willis argued the cause for appellee in No. 490. With him on the brief was Louis S. Peirce.

Briefs of amici curiae, urging affirmance, were filed by James A. Gorrell for Corning Glass Works et al., and by R. W. Kilbourne for Ohio Hardware Association et al.


MR. JUSTICE GOLDBERG delivered the opinion of the Court.

These appeals raise the question of whether the McGuire Act, 66 Stat. 631, 15 U. S. C. §§ 45 (a) (1)-(5), permits the application and enforcement of the Ohio Fair Trade Act against appellant in support of appellees' systems of retail price maintenance. For the reasons stated below, we hold that the Ohio Act, as applied to the facts of these cases, comes within the provisions of the McGuire Act exempting...

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