Missouri. Practice Text

Chapter 28

for the

STATE OF MISSOURI

Updated and Revised by

Rebecca A.D. Nelson, Esq.

Kristin F. Petersen, Esq.

Bryan Cave LLP

St. Louis, Missouri

The Section of Antitrust Law thanks Anne Schneider, Assistant Attorney General,

Missouri Attorney General’s Office, for her review of this chapter.

The Section gratefully acknowledges Michele Epperson, Esq., Jason R. Hall, Esq., E.

Perry Johnson, Esq., Jeffrey Morrison, Esq., Virginia S. Pentland, Esq., and Richard

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

Missouri 28-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 .................................................................... 1

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1.e.

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Remedies ........................................................................................... 2

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2.

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

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3.

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

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3.a.

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Price Fixing ....................................................................................... 3

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3.b.

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Market Allocation ............................................................................. 4

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3.c.

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Customer Allocation ......................................................................... 4

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3.d.

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Bid Rigging ....................................................................................... 5

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3.e.

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Covenants Not to Compete ............................................................... 5

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4.

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Group Boycotts ............................................................................................... 6

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4.a.

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Concerted Refusals to Deal ............................................................... 6

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4.b.

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Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

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

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5.

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Resale Price Maintenance ............................................................................... 7

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5.a.

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Generally ........................................................................................... 7

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5.b.

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Monsanto Rule .................................................................................. 8

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5.c.

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Impact of Leegin ............................................................................... 8

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6.

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Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ........................................................ 8

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7.

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Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ........................................................ 9

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8.

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Tying Arrangements ....................................................................................... 9

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9.

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Dual Distribution .......................................................................................... 10

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10.

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

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11.

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

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11.a.

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

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11.b.

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Attempts to Monopolize .................................................................. 12

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11.c.

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Monopoly Leveraging ..................................................................... 12

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11.d.

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Predatory Pricing ............................................................................. 13

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11.e.

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Conspiracy to Monopolize .............................................................. 13

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12.

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Mergers ......................................................................................................... 14

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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.b.

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Price Gouging and Minimum Pricing Statutes ................................ 14

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13.c.

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Specific Industry Rules ................................................................... 15

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13.c.3.

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Dairy ........................................................................... 15

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13.c.4.

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Fuel and Petroleum ..................................................... 16

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13.c.6.

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Insurance ..................................................................... 16

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13.c.8.

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Others .......................................................................... 16

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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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