Texaco Inc. v. Dagher
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Texaco Inc. v. Dagher, 547 U.S. 1 (2006), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States involving the application of U.S. antitrust law to a joint venture between oil companies to market gasoline to gas stations. The Court ruled unanimously[1] that the joint venture's unified price for the two companies' brands of gasoline was not a price-fixing scheme between competitors in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Court instead considered the joint venture a single entity that made pricing decisions, in which the oil companies participated as cooperative investors.
Quick Facts Texaco Inc. v. Dagher, Argued January 10, 2006 Decided February 28, 2006 ...
Texaco Inc. v. Dagher | |
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Argued January 10, 2006 Decided February 28, 2006 | |
Full case name | Texaco Incorporated, Petitioner v. Fouad N. Dagher, et al.; Shell Oil Company, Petitioner v. Fouad N. Dagher, et al. |
Citations | 547 U.S. 1 (more) 126 S. Ct. 1276; 164 L. Ed. 2d 1; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 2023; 74 U.S.L.W. 4147; 2006-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) ¶ 75,143 |
Case history | |
Prior | Summary judgment granted to defendants, Dagher v. Saudi Refining, Inc., C.D. Cal.; affirmed in part, reversed and remanded, 369 F.3d 1108 (9th Cir. 2004); cert. granted, sub nom. Texaco Inc. v. Dagher, 125 S. Ct. 2957 (2005) |
Holding | |
The pricing decisions of a legitimate joint venture between oil companies to sell gasoline to service stations did not violate the Sherman Antitrust Act. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Laws applied | |
15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) |
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