Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters
- Decided
- February 22, 1983
- Docket
- 81-334
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that proximate causation in the common law sense was required under section 4 of the Clayton Act — Ruth E. Oscar Charles Spinosa v. University Students Co-Operative Association George Proper (1992)
- holding that a combination of indirectness of injury, a non-antitrust type of injury, and speculative damages preclude antitrust enforcement — Thompson Everett, Inc. v. National Cable Advertising, L.P. Cable Networks, Inc. Cable Media Corporation (1995)
- holding that plaintiff had no antitrust cause of action where it “was neither a consumer nor a competitor” in the market — Maranatha Temple, Inc. v. Enterprise Products Company (1995)
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How the opinion begins
Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case arises out of a dispute between parties to a multi-employer collective-bargaining agreement. The plaintiff unions allege that, in violation of the antitrust laws, the multi-employer association and its members coerced certain third parties, as well as some of the association's members, to enter into business relationships with nonunion firms. This coercion, according to the complaint, adversely affected the trade of certain unionized firms and thereby restrained the [*521] business activities of the unions. The question presented is whether the complaint sufficiently alleges that the unions have been “injured in [their] business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws” and may therefore recover treble damages under §4 of the Clayton Act. 38 Stat. 731, 15 U. S. C. § 15. Unlike the majority of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, we agree with the District Court’s conclusion that the complaint is insufficient.
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Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of Carpenters, 459 U.S. 519 (1983)Read the full opinion
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