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· 5/16/1927

United States v. Sisal Sales Corp.

Citations

  • 274 U.S. 268
  • 47 S. Ct. 592
  • 71 L. Ed. 1042
  • 1927 U.S. LEXIS 27

How courts have described this case

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  • involving a conspiracy to monopolize Mexican sisal exports and American sisal sales
  • government application for an injunction against companies conspiring to increase the price of sisal on the U.S. market was sufficient to allege a cause of action under both the Sherman and Wilson Tariff Acts
  • “... by their own deliberate acts, here and elsewhere, [defendants] brought about forbidden results within the United States. They are within the jurisdiction of our courts and may be punished for offenses against our laws.”
  • conspiratorial acts within United States

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Judges: McReynolds, Stone

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