Texaco Inc. v. Dagher

Texaco and Shell (defendants) formed joint venture Equilon to sell gasoline in the western U.S., pooling resources and sharing profits and losses while selling gasoline under both legacy brand names at a single set price; service station owners represented by Dagher (plaintiff) sued, alleging the uniform pricing was per se unlawful horizontal price-fixing under Sherman Act Section 1, and the court of appeals reversed the district court's summary judgment for Texaco and Shell.