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United States v. Singer Mfg. Co., 374 U.S. 174 (1963)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Singer Mfg. Co., 374 U.S. 174 (1963)
United States v. Singer Manufacturing Co. No. 438 Argued April 25, 29, 1963 Decided June 17, 1963 374 U.S. 174
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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The United States sued to restrain appellee, the sole American manufacturer of household zigzag sewing machines, from conspiring with two of its competitors, an Italian manufacturer and a Swiss manufacturer, to restrain interstate and foreign trade in the importation, sale and distribution of such machines in this country. The evidence showed a course of dealings between these three manufacturers, including the cross-licensing of their patents on a nonexclusive, world-wide and royalty-free basis and ultimately the sale and assignment to appellee of an American patent owned by the Swiss manufacturer, in order that it could be enforced more effectively in the United States against Japanese manufacturers of such machines, who were underpricing appellee and the Italian and Swiss manufacturers. The District Court dismissed the complaint.
Held: on this record, there was a conspiracy to exclude Japanese competitors, in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, and the judgment is reversed. Pp. 175-197.
(a) In concluding that no conspiracy was established on this record, the District Court applied the wrong standard as a matter of law. Pp. 192-193.
(b) The course of dealings disclosed by this record shows that appellee and the Italian and Swiss manufacturers had a common purpose to suppress the competition of Japanese machines in the United States through the use of the patent which appellee obtained from the Swiss manufacturer and under which the Swiss and Italian manufacturers were the sole licensees. Implicit in such a course of dealings was a conspiracy which violated § 1 of the Sherman Act. Pp. 192-196.
205 F.Supp. 394, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Singer Mfg. Co., 374 U.S. 174 (1963) in 374 U.S. 174 374 U.S. 175. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=P1NNGUZHFIRGUCV.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Singer Mfg. Co., 374 U.S. 174 (1963), in 374 U.S. 174, page 374 U.S. 175. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=P1NNGUZHFIRGUCV.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Singer Mfg. Co., 374 U.S. 174 (1963). cited in 1963, 374 U.S. 174, pp.374 U.S. 175. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=P1NNGUZHFIRGUCV.
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