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* ''[[United States v. American Tobacco Co.]]'' (1911), which split the company into four.
* ''[[United States v. General Electric Co]]'' (1911), where GE was judged to have violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, along with International General Electric, [[Philips]], [[Sylvania Electric Products|Sylvania]], Tungsol, and Consolidated and Chicago Miniature. Corning and Westinghouse made consent decrees.<ref name="US v GE 1911">{{cite web |title=United States v. General Electric Co., 82 F. Supp. 753 (D.N.J. 1949) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/82/753/1755675/ |website=Justia Law |access-date=15 September 2019 |language=en |date=4 April 1949}}</ref>
* ''[[Fleischman vs Albany Medical Center]]'' (2010), where nurses alleged Albany Medical Center suppressed their wages in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, by sharing wage information with other area hospitals. \url=https://casetext.com/case/fleischman-v-albany-medical-center|
* ''[[United States v. Motion Picture Patents Co.]]'' (1917), which ruled that the company was abusing its monopolic rights, and therefore, violated the Sherman act.
* ''[[Federal Baseball Club v. National League]]'' (1922) in which the Supreme Court ruled that [[Major League Baseball]] was not [[interstate commerce]] and was not subject to the antitrust law.