384 U.S. 563 (1966) Cited 2,650 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding a series of three acquisitions "eliminated any possibility of an outbreak of competition" and thereby "perfected the monopoly power to exclude competitors and fix prices."
435 U.S. 679 (1978) Cited 743 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding agreement among engineers to refuse to discuss prices with potential customers until after the initial selection of an engineer was per se illegal
Holding that district courts are not required to conduct evidentiary hearings prior to issuing relief in civil cases when "there are no disputed factual issues regarding the matter of relief
334 U.S. 131 (1948) Cited 591 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that an agreement among five producers of motion pictures and their affiliates to share profits according to prearranged percentages was anticompetitive
Finding "not the slightest reason to doubt the genuineness, good faith or permanence of the changed attitude and strategy of these defendant-appellees," as evidenced by "an overt and visible reversal of policy, carried out by extensive operations which have every appearance of being permanent"
332 U.S. 392 (1947) Cited 535 times 6 Legal Analyses
Rejecting International Salt's claim that it had to control the supply of salt to protect its leased machines in the absence of proof that competitors could not supply salt of equal quality
Holding that narrations of past events were in furtherance of conspiracy because presidential aides involved were required to make "regular strategic decisions on how best to proceed" with cover-ups, which included review of "what had taken place to identify and shore up the loose ends"
Fed. R. Civ. P. 36 Cited 6,139 times 12 Legal Analyses
Noting that facts admitted pursuant to a Rule 36 discovery request are "conclusively established unless the court, on motion, permits the admission to be withdrawn or amended"
Fed. R. Evid. 804 Cited 3,973 times 32 Legal Analyses
Recognizing an exception to the hearsay exclusionary rule when the party against whom the statement is offered has engaged in wrongdoing which procures the unavailability of the declarant