When a Court Considers the Net Effect of a Business

question 133

Multiple Choice

When a court considers the net effect of a business practice that is being challenged in an antitrust case, it is:

• A) declaring the practice illegal per se
• B) declaring the practice legal per se
• C) using the rule of reason
• D) rejecting the rule of reason
• E) ignoring Congressional purpose behind the antitrust laws

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