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"