Fact Pattern 46-1B (Questions B4-B5 Apply)

question 21

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 46-1B (Questions B4-B5 apply)
Natural Gas, Inc., and Olio Energy Company refine and sell natural gas. To limit the supply of natural gas on the market and thereby raise prices, Natural Gas and Olio Energy agree to buy "excess" supplies from dealers and "dispose" of it.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 46-1B. The Natural Gas and Olio Energy deal is

• A) a deal that neither restrains trade nor harms competition.
• B) a legal restraint of trade.
• C) a per se violation of antitrust law.
• D) subject to analysis under the rule of reason.

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Definitions:

NADH

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) in its reduced form, NADH is a coenzyme that plays a vital role in energy metabolism and the electron transport chain in cells.

Carbon Dioxide

A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration.

Electron Transport Chain

A series of protein complexes located in the inner mitochondrial membrane that creates a proton gradient to generate ATP, the energy currency of the cell.

FADH

A reduced form of flavin adenine dinucleotide, a redox (reduction-oxidation) coenzyme involved in several important metabolic reactions.