Cantor, Dba Selden Drugs Co. v. Detroit Edison Co.

Decided July 6, 1976. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 75-122 · 428 U.S. 579 (1976) · Cited 383 times

Holding

Neither Michigan's approval of respondent's present tariff nor the fact that the light-bulb-exchange program may not be terminated until a new tariff is filed, is sufficient basis for implying an exemption from the federal antitrust laws for that program.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Parker v. Brown · 317 U.S. 341 (1943)
• Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar · 421 U.S. 773 (1975)
• Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. · 365 U.S. 127 (1961)
• Schwegmann Bros. v. Calvert Distillers Corp. · 341 U.S. 384 (1951)
• Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co. · 419 U.S. 345 (1974)
• Ferguson v. Skrupa · 372 U.S. 726 (1963)
• Hospital Building Co. v. Trustees of Rex Hospital · 425 U.S. 738 (1976)
• United States v. Philadelphia National Bank · 374 U.S. 321 (1963)
• Georgia v. Evans · 316 U.S. 159 (1942)
• Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. · 370 U.S. 690 (1962)
• United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Assn. · 322 U.S. 533 (1944)
• United States v. Borden Co. · 308 U.S. 188 (1939)
• Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States · 410 U.S. 366 (1973)
• United States v. Rock Royal Co-Operative, Inc. · 307 U.S. 533 (1939)
• Gordon v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc. · 422 U.S. 659 (1975)
• Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · 398 U.S. 144 (1970)
• Edelman v. Jordan · 415 U.S. 651 (1974)
• Monroe v. Pape · 365 U.S. 167 (1961)
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · 359 U.S. 236 (1959)
• Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, Inc. · 425 U.S. 748 (1976)
• California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited · 404 U.S. 508 (1972)
• Munn v. Illinois · 94 U.S. 113 (1877)
• Hicks v. Miranda · 422 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Garner v. Teamsters, Chauffeurs & Helpers Local Union No. 776 · 346 U.S. 485 (1953)
• Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. Adkins · 310 U.S. 381 (1940)
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Stiffel Co. · 376 U.S. 225 (1964)
• Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States · 286 U.S. 427 (1932)
• Silver v. New York Stock Exchange · 373 U.S. 341 (1963)
• Lear, Inc. v. Adkins · 395 U.S. 653 (1969)
• Mandeville Island Farms, Inc. v. American Crystal Sugar Co. · 334 U.S. 219 (1948)

Cited by

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

• City of Lafayette v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · 435 U.S. 389 (1978)
• Bates v. State Bar of Arizona · 433 U.S. 350 (1977)
• Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc. v. United States · 471 U.S. 48 (1985)
• Community Communications Co. v. City of Boulder · 455 U.S. 40 (1982)
• Hoover v. Ronwin · 466 U.S. 558 (1984)
• National League of Cities v. Usery · 426 U.S. 833 (1976)
• Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire · 471 U.S. 34 (1985)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Ticor Title Insurance · 504 U.S. 621 (1992)
• Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Commission · 447 U.S. 557 (1980)
• Professional Real Estate Investors, Inc. v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. · 508 U.S. 49 (1993)
• California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc. · 445 U.S. 97 (1980)
• California v. ARC America Corp. · 490 U.S. 93 (1989)
• General Motors Corp. v. Tracy · 519 U.S. 278 (1997)
• Fisher v. City of Berkeley · 475 U.S. 260 (1986)

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