Klor's, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc.

Klor's, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc.
Argued February 25–26, 1959
Decided April 6, 1959
Full case nameKlor's, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc.
Citations359 U.S. 207 (more)
79 S. Ct. 705; 3 L. Ed. 2d 741
Case history
Prior255 F.2d 214 (9th Cir. 1958); cert. granted, 358 U.S. 809 (1958).
Holding
A retail chain's persuasion of a number of suppliers not to deal with a competitive retailer is a per se illegal boycott.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas · Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Charles E. Whittaker · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
MajorityBlack, joined by Warren, Frankfurter, Douglas, Clark, Brennan, Whittaker, Stewart
ConcurrenceHarlan (in the judgment of the court only)

Klor's, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., 359 U.S. 207 (1959), is a United States Supreme Court decision holding that a retail chain's persuasion of a number of suppliers not to deal with a competitive retailer was a per se illegal boycott – under a hub-and-spoke conspiracy theory.