| Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States | |
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| Argued December 5, 1972 Decided February 22, 1973 | |
| Full case name | Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States |
| Citations | 410 U.S. 366 (more) 93 S. Ct. 1022; 35 L. Ed. 2d 359 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. Otter Tail Power Co., 331 F. Supp. 54 (D. Minn. 1971), probable jurisdiction noted, 406 U.S. 944 (1972). |
| Subsequent | United States v. Otter Tail Power Co., 360 F. Supp. 451 (D. Minn. 1973); affirmed, 417 U.S. 901 (1974). |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Douglas, joined by Brennan, White, Marshall |
| Concur/dissent | Stewart, joined by Burger, Rehnquist |
| Blackmun and Powell took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Otter Tail Power Co. v. United States, 410 U.S. 366 (1973), is a United States Supreme Court decision often cited as the first case in which the Court held violative of the antitrust laws a single firm's refusal to deal with other firms that denied them access to a facility essential to engaging in business (a so-called essential facility).[1]
- ^ The Court had held illegal a combination of firms' denial of access to an essential facility (the only railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis) in United States v. Terminal R.R. Ass'n, 224 U.S. 383 (1912).
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