Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc.
United States Supreme Court
486 U.S. 492 (1988)
Relevant factsFree
Allied Tube (defendant), the largest steel-conduit maker, packed a private standard-setting association's meeting with 230 new members specifically to vote down approval of Indian Head's (plaintiff) competing plastic conduit, defeating the proposal and keeping plastic conduit out of the widely-adopted National Electrical Code; Indian Head sued for an unreasonable restraint of trade, and the district court ruled for Indian Head.
IssueFree
Whether an anticompetitive restraint of trade orchestrated by a group lacking official governmental authority or public accountability is entitled to the antitrust immunity generally given to petitioning government for action.
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