Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Seagram & Sons, Inc.

Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Seagram & Sons, Inc.
Argued December 8, 1950
Decided January 2, 1951
Full case nameKiefer-Stewart Company v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., et al.
Citations340 U.S. 211 (more)
71 S.Ct. 259; 95 L. Ed. 2d 219; 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2476
Case history
Prior182 F.2d 228 (7th Cir. 1950); cert. granted, 340 U.S. 863 (1950).
SubsequentRehearing denied, 340 U.S. 939 (1951).
Holding
An agreement among competitors in interstate commerce to fix maximum resale prices of their products violates the Sherman Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson · Harold H. Burton
Tom C. Clark · Sherman Minton
Case opinion
MajorityBlack, joined by unanimous court
Laws applied
Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1
Overruled by
Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp., 467 U.S. 752 (1984)

Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Seagram & Sons, Inc., 340 U.S. 211 (1951), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which held that an agreement among competitors in interstate commerce to fix maximum resale prices of their products violates the Sherman Antitrust Act.