Single-Corporation Competitive Torts and the Sherman Act: A Projection Based Upon a Review of the Albert Pick, Atlantic Heel and Perryton Cases

Authors

• John H. Boone, Attorney-Eli Lilly and Company

Publication Date

1968

Abstract

WITH the current vogue for new theories of antitrust liability, due in no small part to the increasing popularity of the private action, it is appropriate to consider the proper application of antitrust concepts to single-corporation competitive torts. Numerous unfair business practices have been conveniently classified under the general label of "competitive tort" because of the lack of uniformity in the application of the term "unfair competition." While as yet not widely accepted, the term "competitive tort" has the advantage of de- noting a more clearly ascertainable array of private wrongs arising in an economic or business context,2 all of which are generally actionable without statutory basis.

Recommended Citation

Boone, John H. (1968) "Single-Corporation Competitive Torts and the Sherman Act: A Projection Based Upon a Review of the Albert Pick, Atlantic Heel and Perryton Cases," Georgia Law Review: Vol. 2: No. 3, Article 9.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/glr/vol2/iss3/9