Kansas. Practice Text

Chapter 19

for the

STATE OF KANSAS

Updated and Revised by

Joseph G. Matye, Esq.

Elizabeth C. Burke, Esq.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Kansas City, Missouri

The Section of Antitrust Law gratefully acknowledges Kathryn Gardner, Esq., John

W. Treece, Esq., Wayne W. Wallace, Esq., Robert F. Ware, Esq., and Matthew C.

Miller, Esq. for their work on this chapter in prior editions.

Kansas 19-iii

CONTENTS

1.

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Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1

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1.a.

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Overview ........................................................................................... 1

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1.c.

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History ............................................................................................... 1

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1.d.

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Relation to Federal Law .................................................................... 4

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1.e.

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Remedies ........................................................................................... 4

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1.f.

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Enforcement ...................................................................................... 5

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2.

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The Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason ........................................................... 5

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3.

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Horizontal Agreements Other Than Group Boycotts ......................................... 6

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3.a.

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Price Fixing ....................................................................................... 6

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3.b.

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Market Allocation ............................................................................. 7

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3.c.

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Customer Allocation ......................................................................... 7

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4.

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Group Boycotts .................................................................................................. 8

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4.a.

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Concerted Refusals to Deal ............................................................... 8

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4.b.

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Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations or Other Groups ........................................................... 8

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5.

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Resale Price Maintenance .................................................................................. 9

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6.

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Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ......................................................... 10

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7.

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Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ......................................................... 10

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8.

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Tying Arrangements ........................................................................................ 11

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9.

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Dual Distribution ............................................................................................. 11

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10.

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Intracorporate Conspiracy ................................................................................ 11

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11.

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Monopolization ................................................................................................ 11

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12.

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Mergers ............................................................................................................ 12

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13.

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Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ................................. 14

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13.a.

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Price Discrimination ....................................................................... 14

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13.a.1.

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Territorial or Locality Discrimination ......................... 14

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13.a.3.

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Meeting Competition Defense .................................... 15

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13.a.6.

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Other Defenses and Exemptions ................................. 15

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13.a.10.

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Sales Below Cost and Loss Leaders............................ 15

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13.b.

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Price Gouging and Minimum Pricing Statutes ................................ 15

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13.c.

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Specific Industry Rules ................................................................... 16

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13.c.1.

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Alcohol and Beverages ............................................... 16

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13.c.3.

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Dairy ........................................................................... 16

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13.c.6.

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Insurance ..................................................................... 17

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13.c.8.

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Others .......................................................................... 17

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14.

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Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability .............................................. 17

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14.a.

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Statutory Exemptions and Defenses ................................................ 17

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14.a.1.

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State Action ................................................................. 17

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14.a.4.

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Statute of Limitations .................................................. 18

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14.a.8.

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Agriculture .................................................................. 18

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14.a.12.

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Fuel and Petroleum ..................................................... 19

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14.a.15.

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Public Utilities ............................................................ 19

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14.a.18.

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Financial Institutions ................................................... 20

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14.a.23.

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Miscellaneous ............................................................. 20

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