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FORD MOTOR CO. V. UNITED STATES ET AL.
GENERAL MOTORS (GM) HAD ABOUT 30% OF THE DOMESTIC SPARK PLUG MARKET.
NO LESS THAN ITS PREVAILING MINIMUM SUGGESTED JOBBERS' SELLING PRICE.
NATIONAL BANK, 374 U.S. 321.  PP. 569-571.
MANUFACTURER WILL BE ELIMINATED.  PP. 573-575.
AND TO NURTURE THE COMPETITIVE FORCES AT WORK IN THE MARKETPLACE.  PP.
286 F.SUPP.  407, 315 F.SUPP.  372, AFFIRMED.
CONSIDERATION OR DECISION OF THE CASE.
THIS IS A DIRECT APPEAL UNDER SEC. 2 OF THE EXPEDITING ACT, 32 STAT.
(286 F.SUPP.  407, 315 F.SUPP.  372), HOLDING THAT FORD MOTOR CO.
INJUNCTIVE PROVISIONS ARE ALSO HERE FOR REVIEW.
CAPITALIZE ON AN ESTABLISHED CAR POPULATION."
CERTAIN ASSETS OF AUTOLITE IN 1961.
MODERATING INFLUENCE ON CHAMPION AND ON OTHER COMPANIES DERIVATIVELY.
MAY SOMEDAY GO IN AND SET THE STAGE FOR NOTICEABLE DECONCENTRATION.
COMPETITORS.  UNITED STATES V. PENN-OLIN CHEMICAL CO., 378 U.S. 158 . .
UNITED STATES V. PENN-OLIN CHEMICAL CO., 378 U.S. 158.
SEE ALSO FTC V. CONSOLIDATED FOODS CORP., 380 U.S. 592; BROWN SHOE CO.
STATES V. PENN-OLIN CHEMICAL CO., 378 U.S.,AT 170-171; BROWN SHOE CO.
V. UNITED STATES, 370 U.S.,AT 311-323.
SOME PRICE MIGHT HAVE TO BE PAID."  374 U.S.,AT 371.
AND ONLY TWO SIGNIFICANT PURCHASERS OF ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT SPARK PLUGS.
THE ACQUISITION THUS AGGRAVATED AN ALREADY OLIGOPOLISTIC MARKET.
CALIFORNIA V. UNITED STATES, 337 U.S. 293, 314, WHICH 'DEPRIVES) . . .
VIOLATION, THE PARTIES WERE UNABLE TO AGREE UPON APPROPRIATE RELIEF.
AS WELL."  315 F.SUPP.,AT 378.
INDIVIDUAL CASE.  INTERNATIONAL SALT CO. V. UNITED STATES, 332 U.S.
STATES V. CRESCENT AMUSEMENT CO., 323 U.S. 173, 185.
128; UNITED STATES V. EL PASO GAS CO., 376 U.S. 651.
PROVIDED AN INCENTIVE TO COMPETE AGGRESSIVELY FOR THAT MARKET.
THE EDGE OF THE MARKET AS A POTENTIAL ENTRANT.
CORRECT THE CONDITION CAUSED BY THE UNLAWFUL ACQUISITION.
CASE."  INTERNATIONAL SALT CO. V. UNITED STATES, 332 U.S.,AT 401.
STATES V. DU PONT & CO., 366 U.S.,AT 334.
SOURCE AND USE ITS NAME ON OE PLUGS.
BECOME A MANUFACTURER WITH AN ESTABLISHED SHARE OF THE AFTERMARKET.
SUBSTANTIALLY TO LESSEN COMPETITION, OR TO TEND TO CREATE A MONOPOLY."
38 STAT. 731, AS AMENDED, 64 STAT. 1125, 15 U.S.C. 18.
/2/  WE NOTED PROBABLE JURISDICTION JUNE 7, 1971.  403 U.S. 903.
81ST CONG., 2D SESS., 5.
NATION; THAT WHICH DWARFS THE INDIVIDUAL BELITTLES THE NATION."
LOSE THEIR ECONOMIC FREEDOM, THEY LOSE THEIR POLITICAL FREEDOM.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DEMAND THAT THE GOVERNMENT DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
ANOTHER, AS I SEE IT."  ID., AT 12.
NOT CHALLENGE THIS PROVISION IN THIS COURT.
COURT DECREE PROTECTING THE EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW FOSTORIA PLANT.
F.2D 223 (1962), CONCERNED THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE DISTRICT COURT.
ELIMINATE THE EFFECTS OF THE ACQUISITION OFFENSIVE TO THE STATUTE,"
NECESSARY FOR AUTOLITE TO RE-ESTABLISH ITSELF.
CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED PROPERTY RIGHT (CF. HOWE SCALE CO. V.
ASSUMPTION, WE COULD NOT ACCEPT THE CONCLUSION ADVANCED BY FORD.
AFF'D, 341 U.S. 593 (1951).
CO. V. UNITED STATES, 370 U.S. 294, 344.
DID NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT UPON CONSUMER CHOICE).
PREDICTION OF ITS IMPACT UPON COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS IN THE FUTURE."
ANTIMERGER LAW:  PYRRHIC VICTORIES, 12 J.LAW & ECON.  43 (1969).
AC, OR AUTOLITE, AND ONLY 30% STOCKED ALL THREE OF THE LEADING BRANDS.
INCREASE IN ITS COMPETITIVE VIGOR.
REMEDIAL ASPECTS OF THIS CASE.
OVER 95% OF THE TOTAL MARKET IN 1961.
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT IN ITS CARS.
"EVER SURPASSED THE 2% LEVEL.  SEVERAL HAVE COME AND GONE.
COMPETITION FOR CONTINUED OE STATUS.
THE NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT COMPETITORS IN THE SPARK PLUG MARKET.
BUSINESS OF SUPPLYING FORD WITH SPARK PLUGS.
FOR INSTANCE, REDUCE ITS PRODUCTION BY HALF AND SELL THAT AT A PROFIT.
INTERESTED IN PUSHING AUTOLITE GENERALLY.
THERE IS ANOTHER SET OF RELEVANT FACTS FOUND BY THE DISTRICT COURT.
THE SPARK PLUG MARKET WHICH MAY PROFOUNDLY CHANGE IT."  315 F.SUPP.
BRAND PLUGS OVER THE COUNTER, BUT THEY ARE ALSO BUILDING SERVICE BAYS.
EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION."  315 F.SUPP.,AT 378.
RETURN THE MARKET TO THE STATUS QUO ANTE.  SEE UNITED STATES V.
CO. V. FTC, 114 U.S.APP.D.C. 2, 309 F.2D 223 (1962) (BURGER, J.).
DOES NOT VIOLATE SECTION 7."  315 F.SUPP.,AT 378.
OWNED BY OR LICENSED TO IT.  THE EFFECT OF THESE ORDERS WAS TWOFOLD.
THE MODERATING INFLUENCE OF FORD'S POSITION ON THE EDGE OF THE MARKET.
ORDER DOES NOT FULLY UNDO THE FORECLOSURE EFFECT OF THE ACQUISITION.
REMEDY OPINION AS TO THE SOURCE OF AUTOLITE'S COMPETITIVE WEAKNESS.
IMMEDIATELY TO THE PRESCRIPTION OF A REMEDY.
THAT THE ACQUISITION DID NOT INJURY AUTOLITE'S COMPETITIVE POSITION.
POSITION BASED ON THIS RELATIONSHIP MIGHT DECLINE DRASTICALLY.
JUDGE FOUND THE OE TIE THE "KEY TO THE SOLUTION" OF THIS PROBLEM.
POSITION PRODUCING, FOR INSTANCE, 5% OF THE REPLACEMENT MARKET PLUGS.
SHARE OF THE MARKET AT A PROFIT.
PRODUCER'S PLUGS AS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT-- PROBABLY FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS.
VERSUS THE SMALL SIZE OF THE MARKET FREE OF THE OE TIE.
WHATEVER IT HAD BROUGHT IN.
SATISFY ALL NEEDS JUSTIFYING DIRECT REVIEW IN THIS COURT.
FROM MANUFACURING PLUGS FOR 10 YEARS IS JUST, EQUITABLE, OR NECESSARY.
THE BRIEFS WERE ELEANOR M. FOX, MICHAEL R. GOLDENBERG, GEORGE H.
HEMPSTEAD III, AND L. HOMER SURBECK.

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