OFFICE OF THE AHORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

0 of rtght plant 

by HI s, ken of 

WBt Team* utslitie8 

406 
atn&ixpeot to illstan it in 

It ir ale0 my ~erstim&Sng 

net k*prerent 8nr profit 

ewoat bsecum a eowtitor in l usb bueincaer Th* log&$ of 

enoh wastsudion in oral2 lllwtrmul by the etla(l oi 3wtton 

** Amerlaanlhme Lira Ixmlmwo Go,, ms 8. f. 893 Pt. Earth 

Cl+. Appt. tit refussd, *herob it riraa oodtandsll bet rr6l.r 

ef 5saoW ot one lpearanee oompany to another vlolatedl the 

aatl-tmut ana antl4aenopoly st8tutm (sew artidliw 7486 

wa 7489,'R,..Q. 8. 1985). 

the &.wt raittt 

After referring to theaq etatntee, 
Hanorablo Wa2tu Xunhiaont Page PI 

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"Xf &Whiff balow had 6otorain.d to tlisSOlYO, it outala2y had the right to de a0 w4.r 

the law, w the aala, ttE4.r tha ~lrouastaaoos, of 

it5 9X0 

0 

QrtiQ@ OOU~ tWt tOlId 80 PPUOilt OP 1WSOlk 

eompet1 'ion." 

To the a~&~ effoot $6 thi dooi8ion or then Tome 

8tipro.i Court in Oater v. Hoowr, 90 Fez. 863, 39 S. W. 1009 

(qaoteU with approval in Lamar T. Smith, 196 8. W. 964 at 979) 

~uhwdnth~eoqrtB.olandt 

*XI& twdu to awatitato a trust *ithin the 

sumnine of the atatut~ thuo most be a *oambination 

of 5a ital. skill, or aotr by twcor morsrt WOW 

binit 4 en* ‘as hue rued, mqans union or l a so o ia tio ~. 

Xf thmr~ be no onion or @aaoqiatlon .bf %wo or mwa 

oi the&r *6epitol stillor aotis' then asn be aa 

'oomb~tion , ' mui henor no ‘trust’ . . . 

When wo eonsidu tha pu~posoo for rhiah tha. 

Qombiaatlon~ muat bo f&ma& to bosa within the 

statute, the eaaantiel mating of the word 'aoablnation’ and the fwt tbat a putddmtmt Ls prew~bra. 

~‘fo$ l aoh b y that the $rwt oontln~so in a#iataaoo, 

'10 arm lad .@I the aorrolwloon that tho malen QT arao5iatioa or ~*.a ita2.aki21 

P 

ar aotsg domanood irr 

where, the. part aa In the pwtlotiiar oaw Uoufgt104 

the unitad oo-opmation of suah agoaoias, whlah 

mlgh*"~ve othorriao boom Wlopotioat and oompetfng, 

.for,tM asoompliabmo~t oi one or more of saoh parposo5.* 

f*~.OreagoP, 52 8. w. (U4) 463, the 

Appw25, in 8u5talalng the va2blfty 

uabelr tti antbtrwt l8w~ of a oontraat of birro2utioa 6f a 

putnurhip whoroby oao of the ptrtnon R 

fop on6 year the garrslino rot a oertain 8 

mod to pUrchW0 

f ISing statloa from 

the other partmrr, 6.8elar5di 

“Xt’mald thu8 appear thet it IS not the mre 

fact of oumblnetloa S.n itu ortinary~ssoso that Ia doaounad by the &at&to, .bat the tom InOltrboa dOdRIP 

on the part of th6 partlos to ogfootuate the mmomplisbmmt of one or tire of the prohibited purpoaes~~ 
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409 

Eenorablo Walter Mudhlsoa, Pa& 4 

wnuer the foPogoing wthoPlt1oa 1t la oar optnion 

thkttbo DrwoaalarlebjiN'r~ Loonto tlm West T~ua~illhioa 

rortld aotVio%ata tho Mtl-tnut lnwa of Taur~- then being 

ae demlgn or pta 

olimimto r@ 

l o a the put of either 

oom@at 8iOn in the Wl5 of l leotr r 0 powr thareby. 

Pty to FautAOO or 

A&ii l.wJB, B. a. s. mis, P5aaa @I) fo22owt 

aa8oolation tw oorporatloa now 

tm&ir the Mm of third Sate 

purpo5*, l.eu*, ~22 or oth5nlaa dimpow of 'it8 tnthe phnt OF buaineaa OF any part thereof, to any other 

fndividtml, 8aaoalatlon or oorporatiaa whieh,'at tb 

thao~of raid’sala, lwao o? other &iposltion of 5rSd 

p2wt ore bnslnoaa or any put thuroft b doing, or law 

l utb a r itt0 y UO -a 2iItbs tt5lttin Oeisaid a lnoorpante6 

Oity, town or &2ege.. Btothhg ?iuelB ahall aM2xelzo 

any eor~ttou to -go iD my kind of baeinoarr net 

euthorlti by lta &arterP G3m&aala ours) 

Tha aaderlirud wrda Ln the above it&t&a oloarly inYouF5 tsry tnily 

AP~ovmJUN 15, lgf’ ATTORH3YO~OFTRXAS 

Walter RdCooh