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Melrose Distillers, Inc. v. United States, 359 U.S. 271 (1959)
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Melrose Distillers, Inc. v. United States, 359 U.S. 271 (1959)
Melrose Distillers, Inc. v. United States No. 404 Argued March 30, 1959 Decided April 20, 1959 359 U.S. 271
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
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Petitioners, two Maryland corporations and a Delaware corporation, were indicted in a Federal District Court for restraining trade and conspiring and attempting to monopolize commerce in violation of §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. They were dissolved under their respective state statutes, and moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that their dissolution abated the proceeding.
Held: under the applicable Maryland and Delaware statutes, their corporate lives were sufficiently continued to make them "existing" corporations within the meaning of § 8 of the Sherman Act, so that the proceeding did not abate. Pp. 271-274.
258 F.2d 726 affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Melrose Distillers, Inc. v. United States, 359 U.S. 271 (1959) in 359 U.S. 271 Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SH2HC1YYZEFL8C9.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Melrose Distillers, Inc. v. United States, 359 U.S. 271 (1959), in 359 U.S. 271, Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SH2HC1YYZEFL8C9.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Melrose Distillers, Inc. v. United States, 359 U.S. 271 (1959). cited in 1959, 359 U.S. 271. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=SH2HC1YYZEFL8C9.
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