Palmer v. BRG of Georgia, Inc.
United States Supreme Court
498 U.S. 46 (1990)
Relevant factsFree
HBJ and BRG (defendants), direct competitors in Georgia's bar-review course market, agreed that HBJ would grant BRG an exclusive Georgia license (with royalty payments to HBJ) in exchange for HBJ not competing in Georgia and BRG not competing outside it; BRG then more than doubled its course price. Palmer (plaintiff) sued alleging this market-allocation agreement violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act, but the district court and Eleventh Circuit found the agreement lawful, and Palmer sought Supreme Court review.
IssueFree
Whether an agreement between competitors to halt competition entirely within a geographic market of prior competition violates Section 1 of the Sherman Act.