American Stores Antitrust And

Part I of Essay
The case that I found to write my report on was California versus American Stores Co. In a case argued January 16, 1990 before the Supreme Court of the United States of America, a decision was ruled on April 30, 1990, American Stores Co. tried to gain an advantage in the st ....

Part II of Essay
.... harm, the Court of Appeals decided against the injunction on the ground that the relief granted exceeded the District Court's authority to rule in such a manner according to § 16 of the Act to order "injunctive relief." The court relied on an previous decision in which the court had concluded on the basis of its reading of excerpts from subcommittee hearings that § 16's draftsmen did not intend to authorize the remedies of "dissolution" or "divestiture" in private litigants' actions. Thus, held the court, the "indirect divestiture" effected b ....