''Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing'', 551 U.S. 264 (2007), was a decision by the
Supreme Court of the United States, which held that the securities markets were exempt from the scope of antitrust laws.
Facts
Judgment
The Supreme Court held that creation of the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government, created in the aftermath of the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The primary purpose of the SEC is to enforce the law against marke ...
(SEC) implicitly exempted the regulated securities industry from
antitrust lawsuits under other existing laws.
Justice Thomas dissented, arguing that the laws creating the SEC explicitly mention that securities regulations are in addition to, not instead of, existing law.
See also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 551
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List of United States Supreme Court cases
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Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Ltd v Lister''
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