Louisiana. Practice Text

Chapter 21

for the

STATE OF LOUISIANA

Updated and Revised by

Michelle M. Rutherford

Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver LLC

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Section of Antitrust Law gratefully acknowledges Michael R. Phillips, Esq.,

Louis M. Grossman, Esq., Benjamin M. Castoriano, Dando B. Cellini, Esq., William

J. Furnish, Jr., Esq., Lynette F. Judge, Esq., and Joseph N. Mole, Esq., for their work

on this chapter in prior editions.

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CONTENTS

1.Introduction ................................................................................................... 1

1.a.Overview ........................................................................................... 1

2.The Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason ....................................................... 1

3.Horizontal Agreements Other Than Group Boycotts .................................... 2

3.a.Price Fixing ....................................................................................... 2

3.b.Market Allocation ............................................................................. 3

3.c.Customer Allocation ......................................................................... 3

3.d.Bid Rigging ....................................................................................... 3

3.e.Covenants Not to Compete ............................................................... 3

4.Group Boycotts .............................................................................................. 5

4.a.Concerted Refusals to Deal ............................................................... 5

4.b.Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations or Other Groups ........................................................... 6

5.Resale Price Maintenance .............................................................................. 6

6.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ....................................................... 6

7.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ....................................................... 8

8.Tying Arrangements ...................................................................................... 9

9.Dual Distribution ........................................................................................... 9

10.Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................ 10

11.Monopolization ............................................................................................ 11

12.Mergers ........................................................................................................ 12

13.Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................ 13

13.a.Price Discrimination ....................................................................... 13

13.a.1.Territorial or Locality Discrimination ......................... 13

13.a.3.Meeting Competition Defense .................................... 14

13.a.10.Sales Below Cost and Loss Leaders............................ 14

13.b.Price Gouging and Minimum Pricing Statutes ................................ 15

13.c.Specific Industry Rules ................................................................... 16

13.c.1.Alcohol and Beverages ............................................... 16

13.c.2.Cigarettes .................................................................... 16

13.c.3.Dairy ........................................................................... 16

13.c.4.Fuel and Petroleum ..................................................... 17

13.c.5.Motion Pictures ........................................................... 17

13.c.6.Insurance ..................................................................... 18

13.c.7.Public Utilities ............................................................ 18

14.Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability .......................................... 18

14.a.Statutory Exemptions and Defenses ................................................ 18

14.a.1.State Action ................................................................. 18

14.a.2.Contribution ................................................................ 19

14.a.4.Statute of Limitations .................................................. 19

14.a.6.Labor ........................................................................... 19

14.a.7.Insurance ..................................................................... 20

14.a.8.Agriculture .................................................................. 20

14.a.21.Healthcare ................................................................... 20