...the acquiring by any corporation engaged in commerce, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of another corporation...lessen competition between the corporation whose stock was acquired and the corporation making the acquisition, or to restrain such commerce in any section...

...that the merger may substantially lessen competition. Section 7 of the Clayton Act originally provided "that no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire,...acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition. . . ." This section was almost totally ineffectual since it did not prohibit one corporation from acquiring...

...part: That no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire •*• the whole or any part of the asset! of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where *** the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly. If the allegations of the Shipper...

...to satisfy that standard? II Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 USC § 18, provides in pertinent part: "No corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other sham capital and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the...

...Robert H. Harbeson, The Clayton Act : Sleeping Giant of Antitrust ? Am. Eeoa. B*.v. 92 (1958). 2". . . no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock . . . and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade...

...Robert H. Harbeson. The Clayton Act : Sleeping Giant of Antitrust? Am. Boon. Her. 92 (IflTiS). *". . . no corporation engaged In commerce shall acquire, directly or Indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock . . . and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade...

...(Findings 10, 22, 45). [47] ELEMENTS OF SECTION 7 OF THE CLAYTON ACT Section 7 (15 USC 18) provides that no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire,...another corporation engaged also in commerce, where in any line of commerce (the product market), in any section of the country (the geographic market),...

...commerce shall acquire * * * the whole or any part of the stock [or] the whole or any part of the assets of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where * * * the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly. (Emphasis added.) The pertinent...

...restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises. The Clayton Act (15 USC § 18) Section 7. That no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the...

...applicators"2 in the United States. Beatrice denied the alleged 1 The pertinent language of section 7 provides: No corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the Block or other share capital and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the...