associated general contractors carpenters argued october decided february petitioner multiemployer association respondents collectively union parties agreements governing terms conditions employment industries california union filed suit federal district alleging petitioner members violation antitrust laws coerced certain third parties petitioner members enter business relationships nonunion contractors subcontractors thus adversely affected trade certain unionized firms thereby restraining union business activities treble damages sought clayton act authorizes recovery damages ny person shall injured business property reason anything forbidden antitrust laws district dismissed complaint insufficient allege cause action treble damages appeals reversed held based allegations complaint union person injured reason violation antitrust laws within meaning clayton act pp even though coercion allegedly directed petitioner third parties order restrain trade certain contractors subcontractors may unlawful necessarily follow union person injured reason violation antitrust laws within meaning pp question whether union may recover alleged injury answered literal reference broad language instead required damages litigation predecessor enacted sherman act question requires evaluation union harm petitioner alleged wrongdoing relationship pp union allegations consequential harm resulting violation antitrust laws although buttressed allegation intent harm union insufficient matter law relevant factors nature alleged injury union neither consumer competitor market trade allegedly restrained tenuous speculative character causal relationship union alleged injury alleged restraint potential duplicative recovery complex apportionment damages existence direct victims alleged conspiracy weigh heavily judicial enforcement union antitrust claim pp stevens delivered opinion burger brennan white blackmun powell rehnquist joined marshall filed dissenting opinion post james watson argued cause petitioner briefs george cox victor van bourg argued cause filed brief respondents briefs amici curiae urging reversal filed solicitor general lee assistant attorney general baxter deputy solicitor general wallace elinor hadley stillman robert nicholson robert wiggers peter nash associated general contractors america edward miller stephen bokat chamber commerce albert woll laurence gold george kaufmann filed briefs american federation labor congress industrial organization amicus curiae urging affirmance kenneth ristau david cathcart filed brief pacific maritime association amicus curiae justice stevens delivered opinion case arises dispute parties multiemployer agreement plaintiff unions allege violation antitrust laws multiemployer association members coerced certain third parties well association members enter business relationships nonunion firms coercion according complaint adversely affected trade certain unionized firms thereby restrained business activities unions question presented whether complaint sufficiently alleges unions injured business property reason anything forbidden antitrust laws may therefore recover treble damages clayton act stat unlike majority appeals ninth circuit agree district conclusion complaint insufficient two named plaintiffs union california state council carpenters carpenters northern counties conference board affiliated brotherhood carpenters joiners america union represents individuals employed defendants carpentry drywall piledriving related industries throughout state california union complaint filed class action behalf numerous affiliated local unions district councils defendants associated general contractors california associated membership corporation composed various building construction contractors approximately members associated identified name exhibit attached complaint unidentified union associated respective predecessors parties agreements governing terms conditions employment industries california years wages benefits paid pursuant agreements amount million per year addition approximately contractors members associated entered separate memorandum agreements union bind terms master agreements union associated amended complaint state number nonsignatory employers number nonunion employees active relevant market paragraphs amended complaint union alleges factual basis five different damages claims paragraph alleges generally defendants conspired abrogate weaken relationship union signatory employers seven subsections paragraph sets forth activities allegedly committed pursuant conspiracy specific allegations relate labor relations parties complaint description actions affecting nonparties brief vague alleged defendants advocated encouraged induced aided defendant associated general contractors california refuse enter collective bargaining relationships plaintiffs advocated encouraged induced coerced aided encouraged owners land letters construction contracts hire contractors subcontractors signatories collective bargaining agreements plaintiffs advocated induced coerced encouraged aided members associated general contractors california associated general contractors california memorandum contractors enter subcontracting agreements subcontractors signatories collective bargaining agreements plaintiffs app pet cert emphasis added hearing lengthy oral argument receiving two sets written briefs one filed second filed decision connell construction plumbers steamfitters district dismissed complaint including federal antitrust claim supp nd cal observed complaint alleged rather vague general conspiracy allegations appear typical disputes union might employer normal course resolved grievance arbitration nlrb without seeking clarify amend first amended complaint union filed notice appeal october five years later november appeals reversed district dismissal union federal antitrust claim majority appeals disagreed district characterization antitrust claim adopted construction amended complaint somewhat broader allegations pleading appeals held sherman act violation group boycott alleged defendants conduct within antitrust exemption labor activities plaintiffs standing recover damages injury business activities occasioned defendants boycott subcontractors unions signed agreements support union standing majority reasoned union within area economy endangered breakdown competitive conditions injury union foreseeable consequence antitrust violation also injury specifically intended defendants noted conclusion consistent cases holding union organizational representational activities constitute form business protected antitrust laws ii case comes us must assume union prove facts alleged amended complaint however proper assume union prove facts alleged defendants violated antitrust laws ways alleged first note union specific claims injury involve matters subject review antitrust laws amended complaint alleges defendants breached agreements various ways manipulated corporate names corporate status order divert business nonunion divisions firms actually control deceptive diversion business nonunion portion operation might constitute breach contract unfair labor practice perhaps even fraud deceit context bargaining relationship parties litigation activities plainly subject review federal antitrust laws similarly charge defendants advocated encouraged induced aided nonmembers refuse enter collective bargaining relationships union describe antitrust violation union antitrust claims arise alleged restraints caused defendants market construction contracting subcontracting complaint alleges defendants coerced two classes persons landowners others let construction contracts defendants customers potential customers general contractors defendants competitors defendants coercion members classes designed induce give business necessarily nonunion firms although pleading allege coercive conduct increased aggregate share nonunion firms market allege defendants activities weakened restrained trade certain contractors see supra thus particular victims coercion may diverted particular contracts nonunion firms thereby caused certain unionized subcontractors lose business think appeals properly assumed coercion might violate antitrust laws agreement restrain trade may unlawful even though entirely exclude victims market see associated press coercive activity prevents victims making free choices market alternatives inherently destructive competitive conditions may condemned even without proof actual market effect cf klors stores even though coercion directed defendants third parties order restrain trade certain contractors subcontractors may unlawful course necessarily follow still another party union person injured reason violation antitrust laws within meaning clayton act iii first consider language controlling statute see consumer product safety gte sylvania class persons may maintain private damages action antitrust laws broadly defined clayton act section provides person shall injured business property reason anything forbidden antitrust laws may sue therefor district district defendant resides found agent without respect amount controversy shall recover threefold damages sustained cost suit including reasonable attorney fee critical statutory language originally enacted sherman act stat legislative history section shows congress primarily interested creating effective remedy consumers forced pay excessive prices giant trusts combinations dominated certain interstate markets history supports broad construction remedial provision proper interpretation section however ignore larger context entire statute debated repeated references common law debates preceded enactment sherman act make clear congress intended act construed light background senator sherman stated bill announce new principle law applies old well recognized principles common law complicated jurisdiction state federal government thus comments need judicial interpretation equally applicable one problem presented language sherman act mean says statute says every contract restrains trade unlawful justice brandeis perceptively noted restraint essence every contract read literally outlaw entire body private contract law congress however intend text sherman act delineate full meaning statute application concrete situations legislative history makes perfectly clear expected courts give shape statute broad mandate drawing tradition national society professional engineers footnotes omitted notwithstanding general language many state constitutions providing substance every wrong shall remedy number rules circumscribed availability damages recoveries tort contract litigation doctrines foreseeability proximate cause directness injury certainty damages privity contract although particular limitations debated congress frequent references principles imply congress simply assumed antitrust damages litigation subject constraints comparable rules applied comparable litigation federal judges first confronted task giving meaning understood congressional intent thus appeals third circuit held matter law neither creditor stockholder corporation injured violation antitrust laws recover treble damages loeb eastman kodak explained plaintiff injury stockholder indirect remote consequential holding consistent justice holmes explanation similar construction remedial provision interstate commerce act years later general tendency law regard damages least go beyond first step southern pacific lumber congress enacted clayton act reenacted section stat adopted language presumably also judicial gloss avoided simple literal interpretation observed lower federal courts virtually unanimous concluding congress intend antitrust laws provide remedy damages injuries might conceivably traced antitrust violation hawaii standard oil last term stated antitrust violation may expected cause ripples harm flow nation economy despite broad wording point beyond wrongdoer held liable illinois brick illinois brennan dissenting reasonable assume congress intend allow every person tangentially affected antitrust violation maintain action recover threefold damages injury business property blue shield virginia mccready iv similarity struggle judges articulate precise definition concept proximate cause struggle federal judges articulate precise test determine whether party injured antitrust violation may recover treble damages common ground judicial remedy encompass every conceivable harm traced alleged situations infinite variety claims may arise make virtually impossible announce rule dictate result every case instead previously decided cases identify factors circumscribe guide exercise judgment deciding whether law affords remedy specific circumstances factors favor judicial recognition union antitrust claim easily stated complaint allege causal connection antitrust violation harm union alleges defendants intended cause harm indicated however mere fact claim literally encompassed clayton act end inquiry also satisfied allegation improper motive although may support plaintiff damages claim panacea enable complaint withstand motion dismiss indeed mccready specifically held availability remedy person claims benefit question specific intent conspirators number factors may controlling case appropriate focus nature plaintiff alleged injury legislative history shows sherman act enacted assure customers benefits price competition prior cases emphasized central interest protecting economic freedom participants relevant market last term blue shield virginia mccready supra identified relevance central policy determination plaintiff right maintain action mccready alleged consumer psychotherapeutic services injured defendants conspiracy restrain competition market services stressed fact mccready injury type congress sought redress providing private remedy violations antitrust laws citing brunswick pueblo noting injury inextricably intertwined injury conspirators sought inflict psychologists psychotherapy market concluded injury falls squarely within area congressional concern ibid case however union neither consumer competitor market trade restrained clear whether union interests served disserved enhanced competition market general matter union primary goal enhance earnings improve working conditions membership goal necessarily served indeed may actually harmed uninhibited competition among employers striving reduce costs order obtain competitive advantage rivals common law well early days administration federal antitrust laws collective activities labor unions regarded form conspiracy restraint trade federal policy since developed broad labor exemption antitrust laws also separate body labor law specifically designed protect encourage organizational representational activities labor unions set background union capacity bargaining representative frequently part class sherman act designed protect especially disputes employers bargains case alleged injury must analyzed determine whether type antitrust statute intended forestall see brunswick pueblo supra case particularly light longstanding relationship parties union interests seem predominate brunswick test satisfied additional factor directness indirectness asserted injury case chain causation union injury alleged restraint market construction subcontracts contains several somewhat vaguely defined links according complaint defendants applied coercion certain landowners contracting parties order cause divert business certain union contractors nonunion contractors result union complaint alleges union suffered unspecified injuries business activities obvious injuries indirect result whatever harm may suffered certain construction contractors subcontractors either firms immediate victims coercion defendants injured antitrust violation injuries direct held mccready right maintain actions defendants action behalf encounter none conceptual difficulties encumber union claim existence identifiable class persons whose normally motivate vindicate public interest antitrust enforcement diminishes justification allowing remote party union perform office private attorney general denying union remedy basis allegations case likely leave significant antitrust violation undetected unremedied partly indirect partly alleged effects union may produced independent factors union damages claim also highly speculative example allegation agreement terminated result coercion allegation aggregate share contracting market controlled union firms diminished allegation number employed union members declined allegation union revenues form dues initiation fees decreased moreover although coercion certain firms alleged assertion firm prevented business union firms firm group firms subjected complete boycott see nn supra alleged injuries flowing breaches agreements injuries remediable laws nothing speculation informs union claim injury reason alleged unlawful coercion yet recently reiterated appropriate purposes consider whether claim rests bottom abstract conception speculative measure harm blue shield virginia mccready citing hawaii standard oil indirectness alleged injury also implicates strong interest identified prior cases keeping scope complex antitrust trials within judicially manageable limits cases stressed importance avoiding either risk duplicate recoveries one hand danger complex apportionment damages thus hanover shoe shoe machinery refused allow defendants discount plaintiffs damages claim extent overcharges passed plaintiffs customers noted attempt ascertain damages precision often require additional long complicated proceedings involving massive evidence complicated theories illinois brick illinois held treble damages recovered indirect purchasers concrete blocks paid enhanced price suppliers victimized conspiracy observed potential plaintiffs level distribution chain position assert conflicting claims common fund amount alleged overcharge thereby creating danger multiple liability fund prejudice absent plaintiffs permitting use theories essentially transform actions massive efforts apportion recovery among potential plaintiffs absorbed part overcharge direct purchasers middlemen ultimate consumers however appealing attempt allocate overcharge might seem theory add whole new dimensions complexity suits seriously undermine effectiveness conclude therefore union allegations consequential harm resulting violation antitrust laws although buttressed allegation intent harm union insufficient matter law relevant factors nature union injury tenuous speculative character relationship alleged antitrust violation union alleged injury potential duplicative recovery complex apportionment damages existence direct victims alleged conspiracy weigh heavily judicial enforcement union antitrust claim accordingly hold based allegations complaint district correct concluding union person injured reason violation antitrust laws within meaning clayton act judgment appeals reversed ordered footnotes example alleged defendants breached agreements failing pay wages failing use hiring hall failing pay trust fund contributions failing observe terms conditions employment generally weakening good faith requirement collective bargaining agreements defendants improperly changed names corporate status made use double breasted operations encouraged nonmembers associated refuse enter agreements union word coerced appear complaint originally filed even amended filing motions dismiss complaint allege defendants used coercion persuade nonmembers associated refuse enter agreements union complaint alleges neither identity number landowners general contractors others coerced making contracts nonunion firms paragraph describes effect conspiracy reads full follows purpose effect described activities plan conspiracy oppressive unreasonable illegal restraint trade unlawful interference restraint free exercise business activities plaintiffs violation purpose effect described activities plan conspiracy addition weaken destroy restrain trade certain contractors members associated general contractors california memorandum contractors faithfully performed terms conditions set master collective bargaining agreements described effect restraint trade weaken destroy plaintiffs matter activities restraint free exercise plaintiffs trade interference therein violation app pet cert plaintiffs seek injunctive relief clayton act ask us consider whether standing request relief order dismissing federal antitrust claim claims filed august amended order dismissing entire complaint entered september district initially stayed claim days pending grievance arbitration procedures reconsideration also dismissed claim deciding suit prematurely filed addressing federal antitrust claim district concluded essence plaintiffs claim seems defendants violated antitrust laws insofar declined enter agreements plaintiffs deal subcontractors signatories contracts plaintiffs precisely type agreement subjected union connell antitrust liability appeals affirmed dismissal claims appeals majority read subparagraph paragraph quoted supra though alleged defendants coerced landowners persons let construction contracts hire construction firms primarily subcontractors signed unions emphasis added see also denying petition rehearing word appear amended complaint implies defendants activities gave rise broader restraint actually alleged majority read subparagraph paragraph charge defendants coerced aided subcontract subcontractors signed unions emphasis added using word appear complaint majority characterized defendants alleged activities similar concerted refusal deal group boycott ibid concluded allegations present virtually obverse situation described connell conspiracy successful effectively lock subcontractors portion market carpentry work see tugboat mobile towing international assn heat frost insulators contractors circuit judge sneed dissented first rejected majority characterization complaint agreeing instead district second assuming complaint alleged boycott certain employers concluded neither employees victim boycott representative standing assert antitrust claim finally concluded injury affected union organizational representational activity remediable labor laws rather antitrust laws appeals denied petition rehearing rehearing en banc may accompanying order statement majority rebutting petitioners assertion opinion rendered multiemployer bargaining units unlawful dissent circuit judge sneed union adequate opportunity amend pleading add factual allegations demonstrating district decision dismiss complaint based misunderstanding antitrust claim analyzing antitrust allegations amended complaint therefore construe references contractors subcontractors signatories collective bargaining agreements referring completely independent nonunion firms rather operations covertly controlled one defendants appeals reverse district dismissal complaint regard allegations see brief respondents allegation wrongful conduct directed nonunion subcontracting firms therefore assume nonunion firms refused bargain union conspiracy rewarded business otherwise obtained thus nonunion firms considered victims conspiracy rather appear indirect beneficiaries none named either defendants amended complaint also allege restraint competition market labor union services unlike two cases involving union plaintiffs cited appeals see supra case claim competition rival unions injured even rival unions exist complaint specify nature coercion example allege defendants refused deal members either two classes persons coercion applied indeed highly improbable defendants signatories union contracts refuse deal customers potential customers attempt divert business nonunion firms allegation person subjected coercion required deal exclusively nonunion firms district required union describe nature alleged coercion particularity ruling motion dismiss might well evident violation law alleged making contrary assumption purposes decision perhaps stretching rule conley gibson far certainly case magnitude district must retain power insist upon specificity pleading allowing potentially massive factual controversy proceed although know kind coercion defendants allegedly employed assume purposes decision predatory nature character klors stores cripple freedom traders thereby restrain ability sell accordance judgment joseph seagram sons mandeville island farms sugar held growers sugar beets maintain action refiners allegedly conspired fix price pay beets although previous cases involved agreements among sellers fix sales prices readily concluded act applied equally agreement among competing buyers fix purchase prices stated statute confine protection consumers purchasers competitors sellers immunize outlawed acts done cf oil american tobacco act comprehensive terms coverage protecting made victims forbidden practices whomever may perpetrated see cong rec original proposal merely allowed recovery amount actual enhancement price successively amended authorize recoveries order provide otherwise remediless small consumers adequate incentive bring suit purpose served special venue provisions provision recovery attorney fees elimination requirement amount controversy exceed jurisdictional threshold applicable federal litigation see moreover changes description remedy extended section coverage beyond price fixing see senator sherman added purpose bill enable courts apply remedies combinations injuriously affect interests applied several protect local interests ibid see also although members congress referred particularly definitions monopoly restraint trade appear generally aware statute construed courts accordance traditional canons example beginning debate sherman act one senator cautioned colleagues careful analysis terms bill essential must know means legal effect give force written must adopt therefore known methods courts determining bill means example state constitution illinois adopted provided every person find certain remedy laws injuries wrongs may receive person property reputation art ii comparable provisions found state constitutions arkansas connecticut delaware indiana kansas kentucky louisiana maine maryland massachusetts minnesota mississippi new hampshire ohio vermont see generally hough american constitutions one treatise stated natural proximate legal results damages recovered even statute entitling one recover damage lawson rights remedies practice another leading treatise explained chief sufficient reason rule found impossibility tracing consequences successive steps remote cause necessity pausing investigation chain events point beyond experience observation convince us press inquiries safety cooley law torts ed torts leading treatise damages set forth general principle plaintiff sustains injury defendant conduct third person remote plaintiff sustains contract relation third person contract obligation account injury consists impairing ability inclination person perform part increasing plaintiff expense labor fulfilling contract unless wrongful act willful purpose thus agreed town support town paupers specific period return fixed sum cause action assaulting beating one paupers thereby putting increased expense similarly purchaser output contract manufacturer right recovery trespasser stopped company machinery creditor recover person forged note causing diminution dividends estate sutherland law damages emphasis original omitted similarly contract courts drew distinction direct consequential damages latter specifically included contract recoverable see sedgwick measure damages ed discussing rule hadley baxendale exch eng common law required plaintiff prove certainty existence damages causal connection wrong injury damages recovered uncertain conjectural speculative losses see generally cases cited bohlen cases law torts ed cases alleging emotional harm plaintiff even injury easily provable recovery plaintiff sufficiently establish causal connection see sutherland supra sedgwick supra see winterbottom wright eng ex see supra common law course evolving body law mean intimate limitations damages recoveries found actions intended serve permanently limits sherman act recoveries legislators familiar limits hardly intended language taken literally see also ames american telephone telegraph cc mass applying ordinary principles law general language statute held stockholder legally cognizable antitrust claim defendants illegally acquiring corporation thereby rendering plaintiff stock worthless plaintiff claim distinguishable injury sustained company therefore stated contrary result subject defendant merely treble damages sextuple damages unlawful act held case plaintiff shippers recover damages defendant railroad charging excessive freight rate even though able pass damage purchasers justice holmes wrote law holds defendant liable proximately plaintiff suffered loss attribute remote consequences defendant label antitrust standing traditionally applied elements inquiry commentators observed focus doctrine antitrust standing somewhat different standing constitutional doctrine harm antitrust plaintiff sufficient satisfy constitutional standing requirement injury fact must make determination whether plaintiff proper party bring private antitrust action see berger bernstein analytical framework antitrust standing yale pollock standing sue remoteness injury doctrine antitrust comment mahoney beatman study proximate cause yale leon green noted legal theory rich content afford alternative ways frequently several stating acceptable judgment earlier rationale proximate cause omitted green written cause although irreducible concept escape ruffles decorations generously bestowed remote proximate direct immediate adequate efficient operative inducing moving active real effective decisive supervening primary original contributory ultimate concurrent causa causans legal responsible dominating natural probable others difficulty getting one believe simple creature extravagantly garbed courts focused directness injury loeb eastman kodak productive inventions trico products cert denied volasco products lloyd fry roofing cert denied others applied requirement plaintiff must target area antitrust conspiracy area economy endangered breakdown competitive conditions particular industry trade exxon engine specialties bombardier calderone enterprises artists theater circuit another appeals asked whether injury arguably within zone interests protected antitrust laws malamud sinclair oil see generally berger bernstein supra number commentators observed labels may lead contradictory inconsistent results see berger bernstein supra handler shift substantive procedural innovations antitrust suits colum rev sherman antitrust standing leob malamud rev simply possible fashion easily applied standing rule serve tool decision every case view courts analyze situation light factors set forth text infra cf blue shield virginia mccready discussing elusiveness test proximate cause palsgraf long island andrews dissenting cause legal sense still proximate cause depend case upon many considerations mean word proximate convenience public policy rough sense justice law arbitrarily declines trace series events beyond certain point well settled defendant specific intent may sometimes relevant question whether violation law alleged see columbia steel moreover doubt cases allegation adequately support plaintiff claim cf handler supra specific intent defendant cause injury particular class persons ordinarily dispositive creating standing sue lytle purdue antitrust target area section clayton act determination standing light alleged antitrust violation rev suggesting standing group boycott situation based purpose boycott see sherman supra citing billy baxter cert denied mccready rejected contention specific intent harm plaintiff injury thereby rendered remote case presents different question neither case motive allegation controlling importance see topco associates antitrust laws general sherman act particular magna carta free enterprise important preservation economic freedom system bill rights protection fundamental personal freedoms freedom guaranteed every business matter small freedom compete assert vigor imagination devotion ingenuity whatever economic muscle muster mccready blue shield subscriber alleged blue shield neuropsychiatric society virginia unlawfully conspired restrain competition market psychotherapeutic services providing insurance coverage consumers patronized psychiatrists psychologists mccready obtained services psychologist denied reimbursement moreover even alleged marketwide restraint trade allegedly unlawful conduct involves predatory behavior directed certain parties rather claim output curtailed prices enhanced throughout entire competitive market mine workers pennington recognized wages lie heart subjects mandatory collective bargaining elimination competition based wages among employers bargaining unit directly benefits union also effect competition product market see generally leslie principles labor antitrust rev winter collective bargaining competition application antitrust standards union activities yale see coronado coal mine workers applying sherman act alleged conspiracy unions involved labor dispute restrain interstate trade coal loewe lawlor applying sherman act boycott labor organization seeking unionize plaintiff hat factory cox labor antitrust laws preliminary analysis rev meltzer labor unions collective bargaining antitrust laws chi rev winter supra see statutory labor exemption mine workers pennington supra meat cutters jewel tea nonstatutory exemption case need reach petitioner contentions alleged activities within statutory nonstatutory labor exemptions parallel allegations claim connell construction plumbers steamfitters plaintiff case general building contractor coerced defendant union signing agreement deal nonunion subcontractors similarly mccready case plaintiff direct victim unlawful coercion noted mccready yield blue shield coercive pressure bore blue shield sanction form increase net cost psychologist services status thus comparable contracting subcontracting firm refused yield defendants coercive practices therefore suffered whatever sanction coercion imposed like mccready like connell construction firm maintain action defendants contrast union neither participant market construction contracts subcontracts direct victim defendants coercive practices therefore need decide whether direct victim boycott suffers type injury unrelated antitrust policy may recover damages ultimate purpose boycott restrain competition relevant economic market brief merely echoes appeals description allegations unions injured business organizing carpentry industry employees negotiating policing collective bargaining agreements securing jobs members brief respondents absence specific allegations speculate specific components union claim union asserts attempts organize previously nonunion firms frustrated nonunion firms wish continue obtain business subjected coercion defendants harm stems directly conduct persons victims conspiracy see supra union claims dues payments adversely affected employees less incentive join union light expanding nonunion job opportunities damage remote harm allegedly suffered unionized subcontractors true union contends revenues dues payments declined members lost jobs wages unionized employers lost business harm moreover even indirect already indirect injury members yet number decisions denied standing employees merely derivative injuries see pitchford pepi cert denied contreras grower shipper vegetable cert denied reibert atlantic richfield cert denied see nichols spencer press indeed substance union claim difficult understand direct victims conspiracy asserted claim right union suggested explanations fact tend shed doubt proposition victims actually harmed many unionized firms respond alleged boycott setting operations shifting resources part operations operations already exist manner unionized subcontractors avoid losing business result subcontractors possess classic economic incentive file suit alternatively unionized subcontractors may simply renew collective bargaining agreement expires brief respondents citation omitted cf blue chip stamps manor drug stores limitation actions securities exchange act expressly noted mccready ur cautious approach speculative abstract impractical damages theories application mccready suit nature injury easily stated result unlawful boycott blue shield failed pay cost incurred services psychologist damages fixed plan contract appeals observed ascertained penny interest also identified legislative debates preceding enactment sherman act speaking opposition proposed amendment might complicated procedures private actions senator edmunds said therefore say suggested amendment friend mississippi repeat earnestness lobbyist wanted entangle business provide everybody might sue everybody else one common suit regular potpourri affair amendment proposes leave lawyers trust interminable litigation respect proper parties whether interests common diverse affected take twenty years order get result single one judiciary committee think wise sort thing earnest business know friend cong rec pointed mccready subordinate theme opinions hawaii illinois brick feasibility consequences implementing particular damages theories may certain limited circumstances considered determining entitled prosecute action brought thus recognized task disentangling overlapping damages claims lightly imposed upon potential antitrust litigants upon judicial system although policy duplicative recoveries may apply type harm asserted union brief reduction ability persuade nonunion contractors enter union agreements remote obviously speculative character harm plainly sufficient place beyond reach see supra justice marshall dissenting section clayton act provides damages action may brought antitrust laws ny person injured business property reason anything forbidden antitrust laws emphasis added despite absence articulable consideration statutory policy supporting denial standing blue shield virginia mccready today holds intended victim restraint trade constitute person injured business property reason anything forbidden antitrust laws believe decision imposes unwarranted limitation antitrust laws respectfully dissent congress adoption broad language accidental observed pfizer india congress used phrase person intending naturally broad inclusive meaning mention floor debates restrictive definition last term emphasized language reflects congress expansive remedial purpose enacting congress sought create private enforcement mechanism deter violators deprive fruits illegal actions provide ample compensation victims antitrust violations blue shield virginia mccready supra quoting pfizer india supra keeping inclusive language remedial purposes refused engraft artificial limitations remedy blue shield virginia mccready supra omitted thus example pfizer india held statutory phrase person broad enough encompass foreign sovereign reiter sonotone likewise adopted expansive reading statutory term property ruling consumer pays higher price result conspiracy sustained injury property therefore standing sue plaintiff unions fit comfortably within language complaint alleges plaintiffs suffered injury result restraint trade designed weaken destroy plaintiffs complaint suggest union person within meaning plaintiffs prove injury business property moreover require strained reading conclude party antitrust violation aimed prove suffered injury reason antitrust violation far supporting conclusion ante background antitrust laws highlights anomaly denying remedy intended victim unlawful conduct since antitrust violations essentially tortious acts bigelow rko radio pictures apt analogy common law torts although many legal battles fought extent tort liability remote consequences negligent conduct always assumed victim intentional tort recover tortfeasor proves tortious conduct injuries inquiry proximate cause traditionally deemed unnecessary suits intentional tortfeasors example one party makes false representations another intending communicated third party acted upon detriment third party bring action misrepresentation originator false information suffers injury result indeed many situations common law holds intentional tortfeasor liable even unforeseeable consequences conduct aware cases exonerating intentional tortfeasor responsibility intended consequences actions merely inflicted harm upon victim indirectly rather directly case implicate sort articulable consideration statutory policy deemed necessary deny standing party encompassed language blue shield virginia mccready brunswick pueblo denied standing parties suffered injury illegal acquisition prevented reaping profits reaped acquired firms permitted fail reasoned permitting recovery profits plaintiffs realized competition reduced inimical purposes antitrust laws since plaintiffs injuries reflect anticompetitive effect either violation anticompetitive acts made possible violation consideration statutory policy applicable plaintiffs allege suffered injury result defendants efforts coerce induce letters construction contracts others deal nonunion carpentry firms solely nonunion status plaintiffs prove allegations prove suffered harm attributable anticompetitive consequences defendant restraint trade present case implicate consideration statutory policy underlying decisions illinois brick illinois hawaii standard oil critical denial standing cases risk duplicative recovery created affording plaintiffs standing illinois brick held indirect purchaser standing sue seller theory overcharges paid seller direct purchaser passed indirect purchaser held illinois brick indirect purchaser standing sellers faced prospect two actions based overcharges hanover shoe shoe machinery established direct purchaser sue seller entire amount seller overcharges seller assert defense direct purchaser passed overcharges customers indirect purchasers similarly hawaii standard oil state hawaii sought recover financial harm allegedly suffered general economy state denied standing large ultimately indeterminable part injury general economy measured economists reflection injuries business property consumers may recover risk double recovery plaintiff unions seek recovery injuries distinct parties may suffered one distinct injury plaintiffs may suffered decrease union dues resulting reduction work available union members addition regular dues uncommon employees pay periodic dues representing percentage wages see gorman basic text labor law union members lost work result alleged restraint trade wages thus dues collected plaintiff unions may reduced recovery lost dues plaintiff unions duplicate recoveries might obtained either unionized carpentry firms employees firms recovery lost dues union duplicate recovery lost profits might obtained firm union members worked union dues element firm profits recovery lost dues union duplicate recoveries lost wages employees might obtain although periodic union dues based percentage wages double recovery union dues subtracted lost wages calculating employees damages hanover shoe rule barring assertion defense prevent subtraction union dues wages determining employees damages hanover shoe rule designed avoid additional long complicated proceedings involving massive evidence complicated theories required determine extent price overcharges passed indirect purchaser sharp contrast union dues percentage wages difficulty determining amount dues union lost result reduction wages earned union members recognize may easy ascertain extent reduction union dues attributable defendant conduct cases make clear sufficient evidence record support inference causation ultimate conclusion evidence proves jury perkins standard oil reinstating jury verdict based injury indirectly caused price discrimination violation act insofar amount damages concerned antitrust plaintiff need provide reasonable estimate damages stemming antitrust violation see bigelow rko radio pictures difficulty ascertainment longer confused right recovery quoting story parchment paterson elementary conceptions justice public policy require wrongdoer shall bear risk uncertainty wrong created concern may plaintiffs prove case justify throwing solely basis pleadings discovery becomes apparent plaintiffs establish reasonable inference causation provide evidence supporting rational estimate damages vulnerable motion summary judgment dismissal failure state claim crude procedural device used vindicate interest keeping scope complex antitrust trials within judicially manageable limits ante cf radovich national football league given congress determination activities prohibited antitrust laws injurious public creation sanctions allowing private enforcement antitrust laws aggrieved party add requirements burden private litigant beyond specifically set forth congress laws see karseal richfield oil antitrust action basically suit recover tort see restatement torts actor conduct intended bring bodily harm another actor privileged inflict legal cause bodily harm type intended substantial factor bringing comment rules relieve actor liability manner conduct resulted injury liability negligent actor question therefore fact actor conduct becomes effective harm intervention new independent forces actor responsible importance citations omitted rule applies conduct intended cause harm bodily harm seidel greenberg super derosier new england tel tel intended injury law astute discover even remote causation reliance sutherland treatise damages misplaced ante although sutherland stated general proposition defendant liable plaintiff injuries suffered result defendant conduct respect third party distinguished cases wrongful act willful purpose presumably meant cases defendant intended injure plaintiff sutherland law damages omitted examples given sutherland cited suggestion defendants intended inflict injury upon plaintiffs see watson crandall mo app aff mo campbell gooch see generally prosser misrepresentation third persons vand rev see prosser law torts ed doctrine transferred intent trespasser responsible unforeseeable consequences trespass see blue shield virginia mccready noting illinois brick hawaii standard oil focused risk duplicative recovery engendered allowing every person along chain distribution claim damages arising single transaction violated antitrust laws significantly risk duplicative recovery relied illinois brick hawaii standard oil simply judicially invented reason restricting broad scope permitting two recoveries based injuries contrary basic statutory scheme governing damages actions result subject antitrust defendants awards rather awards congress contemplated see areeda turner antitrust law since pleadings us know plaintiff unions collect dues however plaintiffs entitled survive motion dismiss federal rule civil procedure set facts proved trial entitle recover