Supreme Court· 3/19/1928
Swift & Co. v. United States
Citations
- 276 U.S. 311
- 48 S. Ct. 311
- 72 L. Ed. 587
- 1928 U.S. LEXIS 83
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- referring to \divestiture of the instrumentalities\ in a case raising both Sherman Act and Clayton Act claims
- federal court had jurisdiction to enjoin even intrastate commerce where (1) court issued injunction pursuant to parties’ settlement of case and (2
- “[E]ight reasons are relied on as showing that, in whole or in part, it was beyond the jurisdiction of the court.”
- “On a motion to vacate, the determination . . . that a case or controversy existed is not open to attack.”
- order confirming plan would not be set aside even if contained error of law where order was neither void nor a mistake, and there was no allegation of fraud
- “[A] suit for an injunction deals primarily, not with past violations, but with threatened future ones[.]”
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Judges: Brandéis, Sutherland, Stone
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