Litigants: | Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal. |
Arguedate: | October 21 |
Argueyear: | 1971 |
Decidedate: | March 1 |
Decideyear: | 1972 |
Fullname: | Hawaii v. Standard Oil Company of California, et al. |
Usvol: | 405 |
Uspage: | 251 |
Parallelcitations: | 92 S.Ct. 885; 31 L. Ed. 2d 184; 1972 U.S. LEXIS 111 |
Prior: | 431 F.2d 1282; 1970 Trade Cases ¶ 73,340 (9th Cir. 1970) |
Holding: | Section 4 of the Clayton Act does not authorize a State to sue for damages for an injury to its general economy allegedly attributable to a violation of the antitrust laws. |
Majority: | Marshall |
Joinmajority: | Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun |
Dissent: | Douglas |
Dissent2: | Brennan |
Joindissent2: | Douglas |
Notparticipating: | Powell, Rehnquist |
Hawaii v. Standard Oil Co. of Cal., 405 U.S. 251 (1972), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that Section 4 of the Clayton Antitrust Act does not authorize a U.S. state to sue for damages for an injury to its general economy allegedly attributable to a violation of the United States antitrust law.