1895
The first significant case under the Sherman Antitrust Act. The E.C. Knight Co. controlled 98 percent of the nation's manufacture of sugar. The Court ruled that monopoly control of manufacturing was not the same as monopoly control of commerce.

The Sherman Antitrust Act restricted commerce, not manufacturing. Within a short time, the Court broadened the definition of commerce by introducing the concept of "stream of commerce"

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