UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON-LINE
GEORGIA V. EVANS, 316 U. S. 159 (1942)
316 U. S. 159U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia v. Evans, 316 U.S. 159 (1942)
Georgia v. Evans
No. 872
Argued April 14, 1942
Decided April 27, 1942
316 U.S. 159
Syllabus
A State is a "person" within the meaning of § 7 of the Sherman Act, and entitled thereby to sue for treble damages when, as a purchaser of asphalt, it is injured by a combination suppressing competition and fixing prices of that commodity in interstate commerce. United States v. Cooper Corp., 312 U. S. 600, distinguished. P. 162.
123 F.2d 57, reversed. clubjuris
Certiorari, 315 U.S. 792, to review the affirmance of a judgment dismissing an action for treble damages under § 7 of the Sherman Act.