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kouchirouso_114_20180329

イギリス法独占放任の時代の営業の自由からBrexit 時代への競争法の展望 17で作成され，一定の額で彼らの割合を定めている被告の見返りとして，原告らは，前述の会社ら以外のいかなる者に対しても，彼らの箱入りチューブを売却しないことに同意し，彼ら会社らの側では，組合の構成員以外の製造業社からいかなる箱入りチューブも購入しないことに同意した。当該協定は，当該組合とある決まった他の組合の間で有効に存続すべきと規定していたのであり，そしてその他の組合に関しては，原告らは，何らの権限も有していなかったと規定していたのであり，依然として価格を統制していたのである。数か月間，原告らの生産量は，彼らの割当量の割合未満であったのであり，また，原告らは，組合から，当該プールから金額を受け取る資格を与えられていた。そして，当該組合の書記は，毎月，その月の間にいくら資格を与えられていたかを示している勘定によってそれらの額を与えていた。訴訟においては，当然に支払われるべき金銭を回復するために提起した。その結果は，次のとおりである40』。『次のとおり判示した。第一に，営業制限が，協定および規則によって課されたということは，当事者間の間で不合理であったのであり，しかもそれゆえ，40 See, “The plaintiff s were manufacturers of “cased tubes,” and were members of atrade combination called the Cased Tube Association, and the defendants, who werealso manufacturers of cased tubes, consisted of all the other members of the association.The object of the association was the regulation of prices … in his output ofcased tubes to a certain fi xed percentage of the total output of the members, the percentagebeing based on the member’s actual output in preceding years. Each memberwhose output in any month exceeded his percentage was required to pay the profi tsof such excess into a “pool,” while each member whose output in any month was lessthan his percentage was entitled to receive a certain sum out of the pool. The rulesprovided that the members should sell their cased tubes only upon the terms and atthe prices which should from time to time be fi xed by the association. No means wasprovided … terminate his membership. By an agreement made between … in considerationof the defendants fi xing their percentage at a certain fi gure, agreed not to selltheir cased tubes to any persons other than the said fi rms, who on their part agreednot to purchase any cased tubes from manufacturers other than the members of theassociation. The agreement provided that … plaintiff s had no authority, continued tocontrol prices. For several months the plaintiff s’ output was less than their percentage,and they became entitled to receive from the association sums of money out ofthe pool, and the secretary of the association furnished them each month with anaccount showing how much they were entitled to for that month. In an action … sodue: ―”（ [1918] 1 K. B. 418, 418-419）.