The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 27, Problem 2BS
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Case summary: Company A and Company D are the competitors who sell similar appliances and target similar audience. They sell appliances mainly in the states of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky. Both the companies decided that company A will no longer sell in the states of Indiana and Ohio and company D will no longer sell in the states of Illinois and Kentucky.
To find: The violation of the antitrust law by company A and company D.
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