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Friday, May 15, 2009

Supreme Court ordered dissolution of Standard Oil

On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court found Standard Oil in violation of the Sherman Act and ordered its dissolution.

John D. Rpckefeller, head of the Standard Oil Trust

Read Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.


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