| United States v. Apple Inc. | |
|---|---|
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| Court | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Full case name | United States v. Apple Inc., et al.; The State of Texas, et al., v. Penguin Group Inc., et al. |
| Decided | July 10, 2013 |
| Docket nos. | 1:12-cv-02826 |
| Citation | 952 F. Supp. 2d 638 |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent actions | Affirmed, 791 F.3d 290 (2d Cir. 2015); cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 1376 (2016). |
| Holding | |
| Apple Inc. is in violation of the Sherman Act | |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Denise Cote |
| Keywords | |
| Sherman Act | |
United States v. Apple Inc., 952 F. Supp. 2d 638 (S.D.N.Y. 2013), was a US antitrust case in which the Court held that Apple Inc. conspired to raise the price of e-books in violation of the Sherman Act.
The suit, filed in April 2012, alleged that Apple Inc. and five book publishing companies conspired to raise and fix the price for e-books in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.[1] The publishers are Hachette Book Group, Inc., HarperCollins publishers, Macmillan publishers, Penguin Group, Inc., and Simon & Schuster, Inc. (collectively referred to as the Publisher Defendants). Only Apple proceeded to trial, while the Publisher Defendants settled the claims against them.
- ^ Mui, Ylan Q. and Hayley Tsukayama (April 11, 2012). "Justice Department sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 1, 2014.