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may 21, 1911 - Supreme Court orders dissolution of Standard Oil (May 1911)

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Deemed to be combination in restraint of trade in violation of Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890); Court handed down “rule of reason” - only combinations that “unreasonably” restricted trade were evil → undermined gov’t anti-trust net

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may 21, 1911
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~ 115 years ago