Antitrust, Unfair Competition, Harm to a Single Business

Antitrust, Unfair Competition, Harm to a Single Business:

The U.S. Supreme Court has held that under federal antitrust law, harm to a single business may suffice to establish an antitrust violation. Klor's, Inc. v. Broadway-Hale Stores, Inc., 359 U.S. 207, 213 (1959) (“As such [a boycott by a combination of manufactures and dealers] is not to be tolerated merely because the victim is just one merchant whose business is so small that his destruction makes little difference to the economy.”) (Op., fn. 28, p. 32).

(Supreme Court of the State of Hawai’i, Field v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, Docket SCWC-15-0000663, J. Pollack, for publication)