Appeals court overturns Landis's Standard Oil fine
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- Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. whole source · open book
In July 1908, a federal appeals court not only revoked the fine but severely reprimanded Landis for considering each carload of oil as a separate offense. Judge Peter S. Grosscup, calling Landis’s act an “abuse of judicial discretion,” ordered a retrial, in which Standard Oil was subsequently found not guilty.
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