''Parker v. Brown'', 317 U.S. 341 (1943), was a
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case on the scope of
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. It held that actions taken by state governments were exempt from the scope of the
Sherman Act
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Th ...
.
Facts
The case was an appeal from a decree of a district court of three judges enjoining the enforcement, against the appellee, of a marketing program adopted pursuant to the California Agricultural Prorate Act.
Significance
The Supreme Court clarified its position in later judgments.
See also
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US antitrust law
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