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33 Antitrust Bull. 259 (1988)
The Reagan Administration's Antitrust Policy, Original Intent and the Legislative History of the Sherman Act

handle is hein.journals/antibull33 and id is 277 raw text is: The Antitrust Bulletin/Summer 1988 The Reagan administration's antitrust policy, original intent and the legislative history of the Sherman Act BY JOHN J. FLYNN* History is something that never happened, written by a man who wasn't there. Anonymous. Introduction Until the advent of the Reagan Administration there was an general consensus in the courts and in most of academia with regard to the values underlying and the goals of Federal antitrust policy. In Appalachian Coals, Inc. v. United States,' the Supreme Court summarized the goals of fhe Sherman Act as being to prevent undue restraints of interstate commerce, to maintain appropriate freedom of interstate commerce and to afford protection from the subversive or coercive influences of monopo- listic behavior. The Court characterized the Act as a charter of freedom and noted that the restrictions the act imposes are not mechanical or artificial.2 In Northern Pacific Ry. v. United States,3 Justice Black summarized the philosophy underlying the Act as follows: * Hugh B. Brown Professor of Law, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. 1 288 U.S. 344 (1933). 2 288 U.S. at 359-60. 3 356 U.S. 1 (1958). 0 1988 by Federal Legal Publications, Inc. 259

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