Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United States
United States Supreme Court
345 U.S. 594 (1953)
Times-Picayune (defendant), publisher of both a morning and evening New Orleans newspaper, sold general and classified advertising only as a combined package covering both editions, refusing to sell placement in just one; the United States (plaintiff) sued under the Sherman Act, alleging this unit-sales practice constituted an unlawful tying arrangement, and the district court agreed, finding Times-Picayune possessed monopoly power in the morning-newspaper market. Times-Picayune appealed.
Whether a tying arrangement is a violation of the Sherman Act if the defendant does not possess a monopoly position in the tying product market or the arrangement does not restrain a substantial amount of commerce in the tied product market.