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Antitrust Keyed to Sullivan, 8th Ed.
United States v. Grinnell Corporation
Citation:
384 U.S. 563 (1966)Facts
Grinnell Corporation manufactured plumbing supplies and fire sprinkler systems and owned controlling interests in three alarm companies: ADT, Holmes, and AFA. These subsidiaries provided central station protective services where hazard-detecting devices automatically transmitted signals to a manned central station that would dispatch guards and notify police or fire departments. In the accredited central station service market, which grossed sixty-five million dollars in 1961, ADT controlled seventy-three percent, Holmes twelve and one-half percent, and AFA two percent, giving Grinnell’s controlled entities eighty-seven percent of the business. The defendants achieved this dominance through a series of restrictive agreements beginning in 1906 and 1907 that allocated territories and services among the companies, acquired thirty competitors over the years with some sellers agreeing not to compete for periods up to perpetuity, threatened retaliation against potential competitors, reduced rates to meet competition while raising rates substantially in monopoly cities, and continued making acquisition offers to major competitors even after the suit was filed.
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