Tennessee. Practice Text
Chapter 46
for the
STATE OF TENNESSEE
Updated and Revised by
R. Dale Grimes, Esq.
E. Steele Clayton IV, Esq.
Charles G. Jarboe, Esq.
Lucas Smith, Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims, PLC
Nashville, Tennessee
The Section gratefully acknowledges Edward N. Boehm, Esq., Thomas C. Daniels,
Esq., Joshua R. Denton, Esq., Lisa B. Gates, Esq., Wendee M. Hilderbrand, Esq.,
Brian E. Humphrey, Esq., Joshua V. Lindsey, Esq., Katherine A. Quitter, Esq., Joel
W. Richardson, Jr., Esq., Keith D. Shugarman, Esq., Matthew J. Sinback, Esq., John
W. Treece, Esq., Mark D. Wegener, Esq., James A. Wilson, Esq., and Joseph F.
Winterscheid, Esq. for their work on this chapter in prior editions.
The Section of Antitrust Law thanks Victor J. Domen, Jr., Senior Antitrust Counsel,
Tennessee Attorney General’s Office, for his review of this chapter.
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CONTENTS
1.
Introduction ................................................................................................... 1
1.a.
Overview ........................................................................................... 1
1.b.
Source of Law–Statutes and Other .................................................... 3
1.c.
History ............................................................................................... 4
1.d.
Relation to Federal Law .................................................................... 5
1.e.
Remedies ........................................................................................... 6
1.f.
Enforcement ...................................................................................... 6
2.
The Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason ....................................................... 6
3.
Horizontal Agreements Other Than Group Boycotts .................................... 7
3.a.
Price Fixing ....................................................................................... 7
3.b.
Market Allocation ............................................................................. 8
3.c.
Customer Allocation ......................................................................... 8
3.d.
Bid Rigging ....................................................................................... 9
3.e.
Covenants Not to Compete ............................................................... 9
4.
Group Boycotts ............................................................................................ 12
4.a.
Concerted Refusals to Deal ............................................................. 13
4.b.
Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade
Associations or Other Groups ......................................................... 13
5.
Resale Price Maintenance ............................................................................ 13
5.a.
Generally ......................................................................................... 13
5.b.
Monsanto Rule ................................................................................ 15
5.c.
Impact of Leegin ............................................................................. 15
6.
Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ..................................................... 16
7.
Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ..................................................... 17
8.
Tying Arrangements .................................................................................... 18
9.
Dual Distribution ......................................................................................... 19
10.
Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................ 19
11.
Monopolization ............................................................................................ 21
11.a.
Monopolization ............................................................................... 21
11.b.
Attempts to Monopolize .................................................................. 25
11.c.
Monopoly Leveraging ..................................................................... 26
11.d.
Predatory Pricing ............................................................................. 26
11.e.
Conspiracy to Monopolize .............................................................. 26
12.
Mergers ........................................................................................................ 26
13.
Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................ 29
13.a.
Price Discrimination ....................................................................... 29
13.a.1.
Territorial or Locality Discrimination ......................... 29
13.a.2.
Buyer Liability ............................................................ 29
13.a.3.
Meeting Competition Defense .................................... 29
13.a.4.
Functional Classifications ........................................... 30
13.a.5.
Preemption .................................................................. 30
13.a.6.
Other Defenses and Exemptions ................................. 30
13.a.7.
Brokerage .................................................................... 30
13.a.8.
Secret Payments or Allowances .................................. 30
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