Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing
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| Argued March 27, 2007 Decided June 18, 2007 | |||||||
| Full case name | Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, fka Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, et al. v. Billing et al. | ||||||
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127 S. Ct. 2383 | ||||||
| Prior history | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | ||||||
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| Congress' creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission implicitly exempted regulated securities industries from antitrust lawsuits. | |||||||
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| Majority | Breyer, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito | ||||||
| Concurrence | Stevens | ||||||
| Dissent | Thomas | ||||||
| Kennedy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |||||||
Credit Suisse v. Billing, 551 U.S. 264 (2007), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that the securities markets were exempt from the scope of antitrust laws.
Judgment
The Supreme Court held that creation of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implicitly exempted the regulated securities industry from antitrust lawsuits under other existing laws. Justice Thomas dissented, arguing that the laws creating the SEC explicitly mention that securities regulations are in addition to, not instead of, existing law.
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 551
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
- Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Ltd v Lister
Further reading
- Lacour, Justin (2008). "Unclear Repugnancy: Antitrust Immunity in Securities Markets After Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC V. Billing". St. John's Law Review 82: 1115–1156. ISSN 0036-2905.
- Lucas, J. P. (2007). "Pruning the Antitrust Tree: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing and the Immunization of the Securities Industry from Antitrust Liability". Mercer Law Review 59 (2): 803–818. ISSN 0025-987X.
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