West Virginia

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Chapter 53

for the

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Updated and Revised by

E. Perry Johnson, Esq.

Bryan Cave LLP

St. Louis, Missouri

Jacob A. Kramer, Esq.

Bryan Cave LLP

Washington, D.C.

The Section of Antitrust Law thanks Douglas L. Davis, Assistant Attorney General,

Antitrust Division, West Virginia Attorney General’s Office, for his review of this

chapter.

The Section gratefully acknowledges James F. Bogan III, Esq., Laurie Cole, Esq.,

C. Allen Garrett Jr., Esq., Ray V. Hartwell III, Esq., Thomas M. Hughes, Esq., Philip

Malet, Esq., and David L. Roll, Esq. for their work on this chapter in prior editions.

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CONTENTS

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

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

1.b.Source of Law–Statutes and Other....................................................1

1.d.Relation to Federal Law....................................................................1

1.e. Remedies...........................................................................................3

1.f. Enforcement......................................................................................3

2.The Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason ....................................................... 3

3.Horizontal Agreements Other Than Group Boycotts .................................... 4

3.a.Price Fixing .......................................................................................4

3.b.Market Allocation .............................................................................4

3.c.Customer Allocation .........................................................................5

3.dBid Rigging.......................................................................................5

3.e.Covenants Notto Compete ...............................................................5

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

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

4.b.Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations orOther Groups ...........................................................6

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

5.a. Generally...........................................................................................6

5.b. Monsanto Rule ..................................................................................6

5.c.Impact of Leegin ...............................................................................7

6.Nonprice VerticalRestraints–Intrabrand.......................................................7

7.Nonprice VerticalRestraints–Interbrand.......................................................7

8.Tying Arrangements ......................................................................................7

9.Dual Distribution ........................................................................................... 8

10.Intracorporate Conspiracy.............................................................................. 8

11.Monopolization.............................................................................................. 9

12.Mergers.......................................................................................................... 9

13.Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................ 10

13.a.Price Discrimination .......................................................................10

13.c.Specific Industry Rules ................................................................... 12

13.c.4.Fuel and P etroleum......................................................12

13.c.5.Motion Pictures............................................................ 12

14.Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability.......................................... 13

14.a.Statutory Exemptions and Defenses................................................13

14.a.1.State Action.................................................................. 13

14.a.3.Filed Rate Doctrine...................................................... 13

14.a.4.Statute of Limitations................................................... 14

14.a.6.Labor............................................................................ 14

14.a.7.Insurance...................................................................... 14

14.a.8.Agriculture................................................................... 15

14.a.15.Public Utilities ............................................................. 15

14.a.20.Charitable Institutions.................................................. 15

14.bNonstatutory Exemptions and Defenses .........................................15

14.b.2. Noerr-Pennington Doctrine ......................................... 15