Litigants: | Straus v. American Publishers Ass'n |
Arguedate: | March 7 |
Argueyear: | 1913 |
Decidedate: | December 1 |
Decideyear: | 1913 |
Fullname: | Straus & Straus v. American Publishers Association |
Usvol: | 231 |
Uspage: | 222 |
Parallelcitations: | 34 S. Ct. 84; 58 L. Ed. 192 |
Holding: | An agreement that is manifestly anti-competitive and illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act cannot be justified by copyright. |
Majority: | Day |
Joinmajority: | unanimous |
Straus v. American Publishers Association, 231 U.S. 222 (1913), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held an agreement that is manifestly anti-competitive and illegal under the Sherman Antitrust Act cannot be justified by copyright.[1]