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OFFICE OF THE AHORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
0 of rtght plant by HI s, ken of WBt Team* utslitie8 *2 atn&ixpeot to illstan it in It ir ale0 my ~erstim&Sng net k*prerent 8nr profit ewoat bsecum eowtitor in usb bueincaer Th* log&$ of enoh wastsudion in oral2 lllwtrmul by the etla(l oi 3wtton ** Amerlaanlhme Lira Ixmlmwo Go,, ms 8. f. 893 Pt. Earth Cl+. Appt. tit refussd, *herob riraa oodtandsll bet rr6l.r ef 5saoW ot one lpearanee oompany to another vlolatedl the aatl-tmut ana antl4aenopoly st8tutm (sew artidliw 7486 After referring to theaq etatntee, wa 7489,'R,..Q. 8. 1985). the &.wt raittt
Hanorablo Wa2tu Xunhiaont Page PI balow had 6otorain.d to tlis-
"Xf &Whiff SOlYO, it outala2y had the right to de a0 w4.r the law, w the aala, ttE4.r tha ~lrouastaaoos, of it5 9X0 QrtiQ@ OOU~ tWt tOlId 80 PPUOilt OP 1WSOlk eompet1 'ion." 0
To the a~&~ effoot $6 thi dooi8ion or then Tome 8tipro.i Court in Oater v. Hoowr, 90 Fez. 863, 39 S. W. 1009 (qaoteU with approval in Lamar T. Smith, 196 8. W. 964 at 979) ~uhwdnth~eoqrtB.olandt
*XI& twdu to awatitato a trust *ithin the sumnine of the atatut~ thuo most be a *oambination of 5a ital. skill, or aotr by twcor morsrt WOW binit 4 en* ‘as hue rued, mqans union or l aso oiatio~. Xf thmr~ be no onion or @aaoqiatlon .bf %wo mwa oi the&r *6epitol stillor aotis' then asn be aa 'oomb~tion , ' mui henor no ‘trust’ . . .
When wo eonsidu tha pu~posoo for rhiah tha. Qombiaatlon~ muat bo f&ma& to bosa within the statute, the eaaantiel mating of the word 'aoabln- ation’ and the fwt tbat a putddmtmt Ls prew~bra.
~‘fo$ aoh by that the $rwt oontln~so in a#iataaoo,
'10 arm lad .@I the aorrolwloon that tho malen QT arao- 5iatioa or ~*.a ita2.aki21 ar aotsg domanood irr . where, the. aa In the pwtlotiiar oaw Uoufgt104 part the unitad oo-opmation of suah agoaoias, whlah P
mlgh*"~ve othorriao boom Wlopotioat and oompetfng, .for,tM asoompliabmo~t oi one or more of saoh par- poso5.* f*~.OreagoP, 52 8. w. (U4) 463, the
‘y :. Appw25, in 8u5talalng the va2blfty uabelr tti antbtrwt l8w~ of a oontraat of birro2utioa 6f a putnurhip whoroby oao of the ptrtnon R mod to pUrchW0 fop on6 year the garrslino rot oertain 8 f ISing statloa from the other partmrr, 6.8elar5di
;. thu8 appear thet IS not the mre . . ‘. “Xt’mald fact of oumblnetloa S.n itu ortinary~ssoso that Ia do-
aounad by the &at&to, .bat the tom InOltrboa dOdRIP on the part of th6 partlos to ogfootuate the mmom- plisbmmt of one or tire of the prohibited purpoaes~~
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Eenorablo Walter Mudhlsoa, Pa& 4
wnuer the foPogoing wthoPlt1oa 1t la oar optnion thkttbo DrwoaalarlebjiN'r~ Loonto tlm West T~ua~illhioa rortld aotVio%ata tho Mtl-tnut lnwa of Taur~- then being ae demlgn or pta l oa the put of either Pty to FautAOO or oom@at 8iOn in th e Wl5 of leotr 0 powr thareby. olimimto r@ r
A&ii l.wJB, B. a. s. mis, P5aaa @I) fo22owt aa8oolation tw oorporatloa now tm&ir the Mm of third Sate purpo5*, l.eu*, ~22 or oth5nlaa dimpow of 'it8 tn- the phnt OF buaineaa OF any part thereof, to any other or oorporatiaa whieh,'at tb fndividtml, 8aaoalatlon thao~of raid’sala, lwao o? other &iposltion of 5rSd p2wt ore bnslnoaa or any put thuroft b doing, law l utbarity t0 UO -a 2iIts btt5lttOea in isaid lnoorpante6 Oity, town or &2ege.. Btothhg ?iuelB ahall aM2xelzo any eor~ttou to -go iD my kind of baeinoarr net euthorlti by lta &arterP G3m&aala ours)
Tha aaderlirud wrda Ln the above it&t&a oloarly in- YouF5 tsry tnily ATTORH3YO~OFTRXAS AP~ovmJUN 15, lgf’
Walter RdCooh