Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
Monopoly isn’t illegal until it raises prices, cuts output, or degrades quality — and that rule was born when Standard Oil broke.
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John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil didn’t break the rules—it exploited the absence of them, until the Supreme Court caught up.
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