Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc.

Decided June 13, 1988. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-157 · 486 U.S. 492 (1988) · Cited 308 times

Holding

Noerr antitrust immunity does not apply to petitioner.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• United Mine Workers v. Pennington · 381 U.S. 657 (1965)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886 (1982)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Inc. v. Hydrolevel Corp. · 456 U.S. 556 (1982)
• Radiant Burners, Inc. v. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. · 364 U.S. 656 (1961)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists · 476 U.S. 447 (1986)
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission · 312 U.S. 457 (1941)
• Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire · 471 U.S. 34 (1985)
• Georgia v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 324 U.S. 439 (1945)
• Georgia v. Evans · 316 U.S. 159 (1942)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Court Trial Lawyers Ass'n · 493 U.S. 411 (1990)
• National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Tarkanian · 488 U.S. 179 (1988)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1988). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).