restraint of trade
Noun
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any act that tends to prevent free competition in business
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commerce
control
business
industry
arrest
cooling
dealing
constraint
curb
hindrance
dealings
deceleration
protectionism
curtailment
hinderance
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" 526 U.S. at 779–80 (quoting NCAA, 468 U.S. at 104). ) into two categories: *Violations "per se": these are violations that meet the strict characterization of Section 1 ("agreements, conspiracies or trusts in restraint of trade").
For that reason the phrase "restraint of trade," which, as will presently appear, had a well understood meaning in common law, was made the means of defining the activities prohibited.