Week 1-2

• C. Enforcement: 

Hylton, Chapter Three

*Procedures for Enforcing the Antitrust Laws, 43-52 (skim, optional); Private Actions, 53-60 (skim, optional)

*Apple v. Pepper (optional, google); American Express v. Italian Colors Restaurant (optional, google)

II. Cartels and Section 1

Hylton, Chapter Four

Brief lecture on cartel theory

Week 2

• A. Development of the Rule of Reason and the Per Se Illegality of Price-Fixing: 

Hylton, Chapter 5

Trans-Missouri

Addyston Pipe & Steel

Joint Traffic

Standard Oil 

Chicago Board of Trade 

Trenton Potteries

Appalachian Coals

Socony-Vacuum Oil

Week 3-4

• B. Modern Applications:

Hylton, Chapter Six

Topco Associates, 117

Broadcast Music, 121

Maricopa County Medical Society, 132

National Society of Professional Engineers, 138

NCAA, 145

California Dental, 154

• C. When Does an Agreement Exist?

Hylton, Chapter Seven

Eastern States, 181

Interstate Circuit, 181; 

American Tobacco, 187; 

Theater Enterprises, 185

Notes, 190-198; Matsushita, Hylton, 142-143; 

In re Text Messaging (7th Cir. 2010), 198; same case, 782 F.3d 867 (7th Cir. 2015).

Copperweld, 202

Texaco Inc. v. Dagher, 217

American Needle v. NFL, 211

*Optional reading:

Hylton, Oligopoly Pricing and Richard Posner, 18 Antitrust Source (2018) 

Week 5

• D. Facilitating Practices:

Hylton, Chapter Eight

American Column & Lumber, 221; 

Maple Flooring, 225

Container Corp., 229 

Basing Point Pricing Economics (Hylton, 159-165)

Cement Institute, 240 

du Pont (Ethyl), 245

Week 6

• E. Concerted Refusals to Deal: 

Hylton, Chapter Nine

Eastern States, 251; 

Cement Manufacturers, 251; 

McCann, 252; 

FOGA, 253; 

Klor’s, 258; 

American Medical, 259; Molinas, 260; 

Associated Press, 261; 

Northwest Wholesale Stationers, 266; 

Indiana Federation of Dentists, 272; 

Nynex, 277 

III. Monopoly and Section 2

• A. Monopolization: 

Hylton, Chapter Ten

Standard Oil, 355; 

American Tobacco, 356; 

American Can, 357; 

United States Steel, 357; 

Alcoa, 358; 

American Tobacco, 365; 

Griffith, 373; 

United Shoe Machinery, 375; 

Grinnell, 382; 

Microsoft, 388; 

Remedies, 366-367, 406-407, 422-423 (Overview: Hylton, Ch. 10)

Keith N. Hylton, Remedies, Antitrust Law, and Microsoft: Comment on Shapiro, 75 Antitrust Law Journal (2009) 

*Optional reading: 

     Hylton, “Book Review: Microsoft’s Antitrust Travails,” 

 Hylton, “Microsoft After Fifteen Years,” Competition Policy International, vol. 11(No.1), Spring/Autumn 2016.  

Ronald A. Cass & Keith N. Hylton, Preserving Competition: Economic Analysis, Legal Standards and Microsoft, 8 George Mason Law Review 1 (1999)

Ronald A. Cass & Keith N. Hylton, Antitrust Intent, 74 Southern California Law Review (2001).

Keith N. Hylton, The Law and Economics of Monopolization Standards, in Antitrust Law and Economics (2010).

The antitrust source: https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publishing/antitrust-magazine-online/apr17_full_source.pdf

Vertical Integration: Otter Tail Power, 411; Berkey Photo 412; Aspen Skiing, 412; Trinko, 423; Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. linkLine Communications, Inc., 468; Hylton, Ch. 10, 202-206.

*Other optional reading:

    Keith N. Hylton, Scalia and Antitrust, 30 Antitrust 60 (2016) 

Keith N. Hylton, Gorsuch versus Scalia: How Will Antitrust Change? 16 Antitrust Source Issue 5 (April 2017)

Leveraging a Patent: General Electric, 317; FTC v. Actavis, 342

Week 7

• The Essential Facility Doctrine and the Leverage Debate: Hylton, Ch. 10, 206-212

*Optional reading: Keith N. Hylton, Unilateral Refusals to Deal and the Antitrust Modernization Commission Report, 53 Antitrust Bulletin 623 (2008). 

• Predatory Pricing: Barry Wright, 435; Matsushita (see Hylton, Ch. 10); Brooke Group, 443; AMR, 456; Weyerhaeuser, 462; Hylton, Ch. 10, 212-229

*Optional reading: Keith N. Hylton, Weyerhaeuser, Predatory Bidding, and Error Costs, 53 Antitrust Bulletin 51 (2008). 

• Bundled Discounts: LePage’s, 660; Cascade Health, 663

Week 8

• B. Monopoly Power:

Hylton, Chapter Eleven

Merger Guidelines, 492; 

Alcoa, 502; 

du Pont (Cellophane), 507; 

Microsoft, 515 

*Optional reading: Keith N. Hylton, Brown Shoe Versus the Horizontal Merger Guidelines, 39 Review of Industrial Organization 95 (2011). 

Week 9

• C. Attempt to Monopolize:

Hylton, Chapter Twelve

Swift, (Hylton, Ch. 12); 

Lorain Journal, 527 (also, see discussion in Hylton); 

Union Leader, Lessig (see Hylton); 

Spectrum Sports, 530 (Overview: Hylton, Ch. 12)

IV. Vertical Restraints

• A. Restricted Distribution: 

Hylton, Chapter Thirteen

Resale Price Maintenance: 

Dr. Miles, 538; 

Albrecht, 542; 

Khan (briefly), 554 

Week 10

• Sole Outlets; Territorial and Customer Limitations

Hylton, Chapter Thirteen

Hylton, Sole Outlet (Exclusivity Agreement), 262-264; Schwinn, 542; Sylvania, 547 (lecture over)

Agency and Similar Relationships, 571-572; Hylton, 266-270

• Refusal to Deal and Vertical Agreements

Hylton, Ch. 13 (discussing the following cases: Colgate, 573 of Areeda casebook; 

Parke Davis, 575; 

Monsanto, 576; 

Business Electronics, 275-278 of Hylton text. 

Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc., 560

• Anti-steering

Ohio v. American Express, 667  

Week 11

• B. Tying Arrangements:

Hylton, Chapter Fourteen

Early Cases, Hylton, 284-286; IBM, 599; 

International Salt, 589; 

Northern Pacific Railway, 591; 

Loew’s, 660 (see Hylton, 292);  

Jerrold Electronics, 600; 

Fortner Enterprises, 607 (see Hylton, at 295); 

Jefferson Parish, 610; 

Eastman Kodak, 622; 

Microsoft, 636; 

Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc., 642  (Overview: Hylton, Ch. 14)

*Optional reading: 

Keith N. Hylton & Michael Salinger, Tying Law and Policy: A Decision Theoretic Approach, 69 Antitrust Law Journal 469 (2001) 

• C. Exclusive Dealing:

Standard Oil (Standard Stations), 646; 

Motion Picture Advertising Service, 652; 

Tampa Electric, 653; 

Barry Wright, 655; Hylton, Ch. 14, 303-307.

Week 12

V. Mergers

Hylton, Chapter Fifteen

• A. Introduction to Merger Law: Hylton, Ch. 15: Areeda text, 694-706

• B. Horizontal Mergers: 

Brown Shoe, 707; 

Philadelphia National Bank, 712; 

Continental Can, 720; 

Von’s, 721; 

General Dynamics, 722; 

Horizontal Merger Guidelines, 729; 

FTC v. Staples, 743; 

Butterworth, 758

Week 13

Vertical Mergers: 

    Hylton, Chapter Sixteen

Early Development, 801; duPont (General Motors), 803; Brown Shoe, 804; Merger Guidelines, 811

• C. Conglomerate Mergers

Procter & Gamble (Clorox), 824; 

Subsequent decisions, see Hylton chapter