Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire
United States Supreme Court
471 U.S. 34 (1985)
Relevant factsFree
The city (defendant), the towns' (plaintiffs) sole available sewage-treatment provider, refused sewage-treatment service unless surrounding landowners also agreed to annexation and use of the city's sewage-collection-and-transportation services, relying on a Wisconsin statute authorizing cities to construct sewage systems and define service areas with a right to refuse service outside them.
IssueFree
Whether, to qualify for antitrust immunity under the state-action doctrine, a municipality only needs to show that its anticompetitive conduct was authorized by a clearly articulated state policy.
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