hawaii standard oil argued october decided march section clayton act authorize state sue damages injury general economy allegedly attributable violation antitrust laws pp affirmed marshall delivered opinion burger stewart white blackmun joined douglas filed dissenting opinion post brennan filed dissenting opinion douglas joined post powell rehnquist took part consideration decision case maxwell blecher argued cause petitioner briefs bertram kanbara attorney general hawaii hiromu suzawa acting attorney general george pai deputy attorney general joseph alioto peter donnici francis kirkham argued cause respondents brief richard maclaury moses lasky malcolm dungan william simon briefs amici curiae urging reversal filed evelle younger attorney general california anthony joseph robert murphy herbert davis michael spiegel carole kornblum deputy attorneys general state california attorneys general officials respective jurisdictions follows william baxley attorney general alabama gary nelson attorney general arizona ray thornton attorney general arkansas duke dunbar attorney general colorado robert killian attorney general connecticut laird stabler attorney general delaware robert shevin attorney general florida anthony park attorney general idaho william scott attorney general illinois richard turner attorney general iowa vern miller attorney general kansas john breckinridge attorney general kentucky jack gremillion attorney general louisiana james erwin attorney general maine robert quinn attorney general massachusetts frank kelley attorney general michigan warren spannaus attorney general minnesota john danforth attorney general missouri robert woodahl attorney general montana robert list attorney general nevada warren rudman attorney general new hampshire george kugler attorney general new jersey david norvell attorney general new mexico louis lefkowitz attorney general new york helgi johanneson attorney general north dakota william brown attorney general ohio larry derryberry attorney general oklahoma richard israel attorney general rhode island gordon mydland attorney general south dakota david pack attorney general tennessee crawford martin attorney general texas vernon romney attorney general utah james jeffords attorney general vermont andrew miller attorney general virginia slade gorton attorney general washington chauncey browning attorney general west virginia robert warren attorney general george sieker assistant attorney general wisconsin lee rankin city new york justice marshall delivered opinion issue presented case whether clayton act stat authorizes state sue damages injury economy allegedly attributable violation antitrust laws hold procedural history second count read relevant part plaintiff hawaii acts capacity parens patriae trustee use citizens purchased refined petroleum products defendant coconspirator herein unlawful contracts combination conspiracy restraint trade unlawful combination conspiracy monopolize monopolization resulted plaintiff citizens paying refined petroleum products paid freely operating competitive market plaintiff yet ascertained precise extent said damage citizens however said amount ascertained plaintiff ask leave insert said sum herein respondents moved dismiss second third counts complaint district held hearing determine propriety state suing behalf citizens respect count two held hawaii even alleged interest citizens claims much less interest aside state proprietary rights granted motions dismiss viewing class action overlapping parallel alternative parens patriae claim dismissed third count well hawaii filed fourth amended complaint february complaint concerned count one contains reiteration hawaii claim proprietary capacity state paid excessive price petroleum products purchased respondents count two new parens patriae claim count three drawn class action parens patriae claim stated following manner state hawaii acting attorney general brings action virtue duty protect general welfare state citizens acting herein parens patriae trustee guardian representative citizens recover damages secure injunctive relief violations antitrust laws hereinbefore alleged unlawful contracts combination conspiracy restraint trade unlawful combination conspiracy monopolize monopolization hereinbefore alleged injured adversely affected economy prosperity state hawaii among others following ways revenues citizens wrongfully extracted state hawaii taxes affecting citizens commercial entities increased affect losses revenues income opportunity manufacturing shipping commerce sic restricted curtailed full complete utilization natural wealth state prevented high cost manufacture hawaii precluded goods made equal competitive access national market measures taken state promote general progress welfare people frustrated hawaii economy held state arrested development plaintiff yet ascertained precise extent said damage citizens however said amount ascertained plaintiff ask leave insert said sum herein respondents moved dismiss second third counts hearing district class action dismissed ground circumstances class action based upon injury every individual purchaser gasoline state context pleadings unmanageable rather extensive opinion examined law developed concerning suits state parens patriae denied motions dismiss second count supp recognizing state law unclear district certified decision denying motions dismiss interlocutory appeal pursuant appeal appeals ninth circuit reversed decision district directed second count complaint dismissed certiorari granted might review decision ii state parens patriae nature parens patriae suit greatly expanded beyond existed england expansion first evidenced louisiana texas case state louisiana brought suit enjoin officials state texas administering texas quarantine regulations prevent louisiana merchants sending goods texas recognized louisiana attempting sue particular injury business state parens patriae citizens found parens patriae properly invoked case propriety utility parens patriae suits clearly recognized acceptance notion parens patriae suits louisiana texas followed series cases missouri illinois holding missouri permitted sue illinois chicago sanitation district behalf missouri citizens enjoin discharge sewage mississippi river kansas colorado holding kansas permitted sue parens patriae enjoin diversion water interstate stream georgia tennessee copper holding georgia entitled sue enjoin fumes copper plant across state border injuring land five georgia counties new york new jersey holding new york sue enjoin discharge sewage new york harbor pennsylvania west virginia holding pennsylvania might sue enjoin restraints commercial flow natural gas north dakota minnesota holding minnesota sue enjoin changes drainage increase flow water interstate stream cases establish right state sue parens patriae prevent repair harm quasisovereign interests deal primarily original suits brought directly pursuant art iii constitution rights action question case whether hawaii may maintain lawsuit behalf citizens rather whether injury seeks recover compensable clayton act hence hawaii claim resolved simply reference general principles governing parens patriae actions time ever faced question relief antitrust laws offer state suing parens patriae georgia pennsylvania case relied heavily parties herein case georgia sought invoke original jurisdiction filing amended bill complaint railroads alleging essence railroads conspired restrain trade fix prices manner favor shippers particularly northern detriment georgia shippers like suit georgia arose federal antitrust laws plain face complaint prayer damages injunctive relief see georgia claimed conspiracy severely damaged economy sought recover damages behalf citizens upheld georgia claim parens patriae respect injunctive relief occasion consider whether antitrust laws also authorized damages injury state economy since approval challenged rates interstate commerce commission barred damage recovery ground remedy given georgia shippers unfair advantage shippers see keogh chicago northwestern nowhere georgia address question whether clayton act authorizes damages injury general economy state thus question presented open iii hawaii antitrust laws person shall injured business property reason anything forbidden antitrust laws may sue therefore district district defendant resides found agent without respect amount controversy shall recover threefold damages sustained cost suit including reasonable attorney fee person firm corporation association shall entitled sue injunctive relief jurisdiction parties threatened loss damage violation antitrust laws conditions principles injunctive relief threatened conduct cause loss damage granted courts equity rules governing proceedings legislative history sherman clayton acts instructive congress included business property requirement likely explanation lies essential differences two remedies government governments state individual threatened injury antitrust violation may sue injunctive relief violations antitrust laws may theoretically simultaneously persons violations fact one injunction effective concomitantly injunctions effective one case illustrates point well parties virtual agreement whether hawaii sue injunctive relief parens patriae little consequence long seek relief proprietary capacity theoretical differences may exist respect parties capable enforcing parens patriae injunction opposed one secured state proprietary capacity differences crucial defendant antitrust case position defendant faced numerous claims damages much different defendant sued different persons one person separate cumulative claims claim damages potential liability obviously far greater one persons sued one claim thus striking contrast potential impact suits injunctive relief suits damages every violation antitrust laws blow system envisaged congress see northern pacific system depends strong competition health vigor strong competition depends turn compliance antitrust legislation enacting laws congress many means disposal penalize violators example required violators compensate federal state local governments estimated damage respective economies caused violations remedy selected instead congress chose permit persons sue recover three times actual damages every time injured business property antitrust violation offering potential litigants prospect recovery three times amount damages congress encouraged persons serve private attorneys general see zenith radio hazeltine research perma life mufflers international parts fortas concurring result thus permits hawaii sue proprietary capacity three times damages suffered respondents alleged antitrust violations section gives right every citizen hawaii respect damage business property addition hold congress authorized state recover damages injury general economy open door duplicative recoveries large ultimately indeterminable part injury general economy measured economists reflection injuries business property consumers may recover even lengthy expensive trial final analysis cope problems double recovery inherent allowing damages harm economic interests state least latter type injury compensable antitrust laws insist upon clear expression congressional purpose make expression found clayton act like lower courts considered meaning words business property conclude refer commercial interests enterprises see roseland phister mfg hamman supp mont appeal dismissed broadcasters morristown broadcasting supp nj state seeks damages injuries commercial interests may sue state seeks damages injuries properly within clayton act support reading found legislative history provision authorizing recovery damages limits recovery damages business property legislative history provision makes quite plain authorized recover general injury national economy government ability carry functions injuries suffered capacity consumer goods services course amply equipped criminal civil process enforce antitrust laws proposed legislation quite properly treats solely buyer goods permits recovery actual damages suffered note passing state claim costs burdens protracted litigation render private citizens impotent bring actions thus denying hawaii right sue injury interests allow antitrust violations go virtually unremedied private citizens powerless however state suggests congress given private citizens rights action injunctive relief damages antitrust violations without regard amount controversy rule federal rules civil procedure provides class actions may enhance efficacy private actions permitting citizens combine limited resources achieve powerful litigation posture district dismissed hawaii class action unwieldy hold state never bring class action behalf consumer citizens respondents moving dismiss count three fourth amended complaint state sought bring action virtually conceded class actions might appropriate certain circumstances fact successful antitrust suit damages recovers costs litigation also attorney fees provide scarcity members bar aid prospective plaintiffs bringing suits parens patriae actions may theory related class actions latter definitely preferable antitrust area rule provides specific rules delineating appropriate establishes bound action effectively prevents duplicative recoveries judgment appeals affirmed reasons stated ordered footnotes third amended complaint state abandoned claim made initial complaint act stat violated claim resurrected later stages proceedings opinion unreported contained app reporter tr may district offered certify dismissal hawaii count hawaii indicated intention appeal ruling since ruling appealed review although appeals directed count dismissed entirety parties suggested decision foreclosed relief state might obtain way injunction malina blechman state protection state protection blackstone commentaries ibid article iii constitution confers original jurisdiction upon suits one state citizen another state order properly invoke jurisdiction state must bring action behalf behalf particular citizens see louisiana texas new hampshire louisiana oklahoma atchison action brought one state another violates eleventh amendment plaintiff state actually suing recover injuries designated individuals see new hampshire louisiana supra north dakota minnesota evident bill complaint georgia sought sue four slightly different capacities sovereign capacity first count second count proprietary capacity third count protector general class citizens fourth count damages sought count although treble damages sought last count true justice brennan suggests injury state proprietary capacity alleged count one complaint affects citizens much way injury sort claimed hawaii effect increasing taxes reducing government services mean two kinds injuries identical nature injury state occurs capacity consumer marketplace payment money wrongfully induced chattanooga foundry pipe works city atlanta damages established amount overcharge courts go beyond fact injury determine whether victim overcharge partially recouped loss way even though state example may ultimately recoup part overcharge increased taxes paid seller see hanover shoe shoe machinery measurement injury general economy hand necessarily involves examination impact restraint trade upon every variable affects state economic health task extremely difficult real economic world rather economist hypothetical model lower courts virtually unanimous concluding congress intend antitrust laws provide remedy damages injuries might conceivably traced antitrust violation see miley john hancock mutual life insurance supp mass aff cert denied billy baxter cert denied kauffman dreyfus fund cert denied south carolina council newton cert denied dailey quality school plan volasco products lloyd fry roofing cert denied commonwealth edison mfg cert denied sub nom illinois commonwealth edison sanitary milk producers bergjans farm dairy hoopes union oil nationwide auto app serv association whenever hereafter injured business property reason anything forbidden antitrust laws may sue therefor shall recover actual damages sustained cost suit stat section enacted following decision cooper held person within meaning sherman act predecessor clayton act recovery limited actual rather treble damages congress reasoned unlike private party needed extraordinary incentive bring antitrust suits justice douglas dissenting today decision reflects miserly approach fashioning federal remedies rectifying injuries collective interests citizens state action state reminiscent illstarred decision ohio wyandotte chemicals hawaii fourth amended complaint sues damages injunctive relief parens patriae virtue duty protect general welfare state citizens alleges alleged conspiracy among respondent oil companies injured adversely affected economy prosperity hawaii follows revenues citizens wrongfully extracted state hawaii taxes affecting citizens commercial entities increased affect losses revenues income opportunity manufacturing shipping commerce restricted curtailed full complete utilization natural wealth state prevented high cost manufacture hawaii precluded goods made equal competitive access national market measures taken state promote general progress welfare people frustrated hawaii economy held state arrested development georgia representative public complaining wrong proven limits opportunities people shackles industries retards development relegates inferior economic position among sister matters grave public concern georgia interest apart particular individuals may affected appeals skeptical existence independent harm general economy alabama brief amicus economists developed models measuring effects upon local economies infusions extractions given sums money economies short state economy susceptible articulation measurement injury collective commonly include injury members collective event damages recovered hawaii later recovered individual entrepreneurs might course shown individual loss period question distinct impact collective thus hawaii failed prove alleged conspiracy damaged economy single entrepreneur might still able prove drove wall difficulties advanced regard imaginary real doubtless rationales express prejudice liberal construction antitrust laws since collective damage alleged allow case go trial saving congress question whether clayton act restricted state proprietary interests adhere georgia case allow hawaii chance prove charges establish actuality damages need equitable relief reverse judgment remand case trial wyandotte refused exercise conceded original jurisdiction original complaint filed state ohio enjoin alleged pollution lake erie manufacturing plants michigan ontario canada practical matter inappropriate attempt adjudicate issues light rules permitting appointment special masters however rationale questionable best douglas dissenting see generally woods reed interstate environmental quality notes wyandotte case rev three respects clearing house necessary institutional innovations agency resolution conflicts among group interests major entrepreneur socially required infrastructure sovereign state assumes key importance channeling explosive impacts continuous structural changes providing proper framework structural changes proceeding revolutionary speed contained prevented exploding civil war sometimes may thus high rate change economic structure linked importance sovereign state organizing unit accidental measuring analyzing economic growth talk economic growth nations use national economic accounts imply sovereign state important factor modern economic growth given transnational worldwide character supply useful knowledge science major permissive factor modern economic growth state unit adjusting economic social institutions facilitate maximise application plays crucial supplementary role kuznets economic growth nations question injunctive relief concerns meaning clayton act grants relief person loss damage violation antitrust laws settled state person within meaning georgia pennsylvania hence clear even hawaii prove damages equitable relief available georgia case quarrel extend approving reference possibility hawaii may yet able maintain class action behalf consumers ante cf comment wrongs without remedy concept parens patriae suits treble damages antitrust laws cal rev district dismissal hawaii class action count unmanageable certified interlocutory appeal hawaii rights fed rule civ proc us review justice brennan justice douglas joins dissenting state hawaii seeks treble damages injunctive relief alleged conspiracy among respondents monopolize fix prices sale petroleum products state count one hawaii complaint alleges economic injury state proprietary capacity purchaser products count two claim state parens patriae injury economy prosperity including withdrawal citizens revenues increased taxes offset losses curtailment manufacturing shipping commerce injury competitive position hawaiian goods national market count three alleges class action behalf purchasers state respondents petroleum products district dismissed count three unmanageable denied respondents motion dismiss count two parens patriae claim interlocutory appeal taken respondents appeals ninth circuit reversed ordered dismissal count two appeals held even state economy might suffer injury antitrust violations independent injury suffered private persons injury state business property within meaning clayton act event remote respondents alleged violations permit state recover parens patriae georgia pennsylvania view requires reversal case state georgia sought invoke original jurisdiction remedy conspiracy several railroads fix rates transportation goods state noted ante georgia sought damages four counts complaint sovereign capacity proprietary capacity representative citizens treating complaint prayer damages injunctive relief held georgia parens patriae proprietor appropriate party bring claims enforcement criminal sanctions antitrust acts entrusted exclusively federal government see georgia evans came sanctions congress followed different course authorized civil suits persons well find indication congress fashioned civil remedies restricted suits protect proprietary interests suits state parens patriae long recognized apparent reason suits excluded purview acts even georgia dispositive still find hawaii parens patriae count claim injury business property sufficient state claim runs opinion assumption hawaii proprietary claims though concededly sufficient state cause action wholly distinct concept raised state parens patriae agree two counts represent injuries state separate capacities injuries unrelated justify different treatment clayton act chattanooga foundry pipe works city atlanta city brought action two pipe companies whose trust combination invalidated addyston pipe steel claiming injury business property city sought damages capacity purchaser water pipes municipal water system upholding right city bring action stated injured property least business furnishing water led pay worth pipe person whose property diminished payment money wrongfully induced injured property determinant whether property diminished payment money wrongfully induced nature injury property recovery permitted chattanooga clearly nothing added expense incurred city treasury result antitrust violation incurred course business transaction harm economic wealth city population whole savings public expenditures ultimately accrued benefit sort interest sought protected hawaii economy tourism tourist trade important particularly vulnerable injury price conspiracy involving petroleum products seeking preserve economic opportunities people tax revenues generated thereby hawaii asserting interest significantly different concept involved chattanooga whether injury sought remedied consists additional payments public purse case failure generate additional wealth result either instance government population entities suffered harm economic harm characterized business property one case stretch traditional property concepts applying label conclusion undercut limits recovery injury business property caused violation antitrust laws actual damages suffered solely buyer goods nothing act similarly restricts state suing parens patriae legislative history shows major emphasis passage sherman act methods enforcement believed effective method addition imposition penalties provide private suits originally hoped encourage private litigants bear considerable amount burden expense enforcement thus save government time money thus private litigants encouraged hope triple recovery seen major instrument antitrust enforcement supplemented criminal prosecutions civil forfeiture actions brought federal government remedies however adequately protect government volume procurement grew collusion among suppliers became increasingly evident mischief congress enacted curb american taxpayer entitled full value tax dollar protected going pockets wrongdoers form excessive prices profits gained violation antitrust laws spending money sue triple damages surely entitled protection actual loss government spends permitting government recover provable damages resulting unlawful practices engaged business afford safeguards necessary public treasury time severely deter conspire dealings federal departments thus served narrower purpose trebledamages provisions sherman clayton acts amply equipped criminal civil process general enforcement needed damage remedy solely protect buyer goods hand private litigants including lacked government criminal civil process yet viewed primary enforcers antitrust policy armed weapon triple recovery means stimulating efforts plain history congress intend denied remedy hawaii pursues finally result necessarily lead double recovery since hawaii definition asserting claims independent behind titles citizens georgia tennessee copper may excluded recovery monetary damages might claimed citizens individually part properly constituted class problem like uncertainty damages better answered trial pleadings sum think since one questions hawaii maintain action proprietary capacity analogous reasons hawaii may also maintain action pleaded count two parens patriae seems concede much saying injury state proprietary capacity affects citizens much way injury sort claimed hawaii ante yet assessment damages might prove difficult parens patriae proprietary action concludes two kinds injuries identical nature plainly confuses two separate issues injury hawaii general economy may present problems proof raised proprietary action mere difficulty assessment damages change nature damage claimed short think hawaii alleged injury business property entirely separate question proving damages agree brother douglas injury quantified least approximated