FTC v. Consolidated Foods Corp.
| FTC v. Consolidated Foods Corp. | |
|---|---|
| Decided April 28, 1965 | |
| Full case name | FTC v. Consolidated Foods Corp. |
| Citations | 380 U.S. 592 (more) |
| Holding | |
| A court may consider post-acquisition evidence of the effect of a merger upon market competition when determining whether a merger violated antitrust law, but that consideration must not be conclusive on its own. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Douglass |
| Laws applied | |
| Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 | |
FTC v. Consolidated Foods Corp., 380 U.S. 592 (1965), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a court may consider post-acquisition evidence of the effect of a merger upon market competition when determining whether a merger violated antitrust law, but that consideration must not be conclusive on its own.