| Show ILLINOIS ANTITRUST LAW ANNULLED Washington March 10 Tho United States supreme court today decided d the th Illinois antitrust statute to be ba unconstitutional because of ot tho lie provision of or orthe the law exempting agricultural prod products products and livestock from the he operations of ot the law Tho Thu decision was wa rendered in 11 the lie case of or Thomas Connelly Connely and others other against tho the Union Sewer Pipe IIO company com pal of Ohio and was sas delivered by Justice Harlan The TIre case grew out Olt of ot the sale of ot pipe by b the pipe company to Connelly Connely and others who after securing It I de do declined lp dined to make payment on the ground that the lie pipe company Is 18 nn an Illegal I eg I combination for Cor Ito tho restraint of ot tule under tinder Uller tho the common law lol because It com coni combines hines bines a n number of ot local pipe manufacturing turing concerns that It i Is a combination ion tion ton In violation of ot the Sherman anti antitrust antitrust trust law la arid Ild further a a violation of or this the antitrust law of ot the state slate of at Illi Illinois 11 nois Tho The first two contentions received very slight consideration the court holding that even evel If I the allegations e were wore true tro they ther could not Justly Ire pre prevent vent ent the lie corporation selling Belling s Its proper property property ty The Tue opinion therefore was based on the lire third plea plen which Justice Har liar Harlan lan Inn said Bald fall would be valid 01 If It the tho lie state law could bo ho held to a be bl valid as there thole could coul bu bl no rio doubt of ot the purport of ot the act Under that law the corporation could be if It the law Is valid He lie quoted the tire law at al length laying special stress upon the ninth section exempting farm farni products that this provision Is antagonistiC antagonist to the provisions of tho the Constitution granting equal r protection I to all al the law He lie Ie also held hell that the tim exempt exempting lag ing clause Is lit so 80 Interwoven with wih other portions of o the statute OH as ni to 10 render It Impossible to It train from th Ih law lawas II as art al entirety antI anI therefore held heM that the tim entire entro law low must be held to be 10 Invalid |
