Trade Comm'n v. Cement Institute

In Trade Comm'n v. Cement Institute (1948) 333 U.S. 683, the government was admittedly proceeding under the unfair competition legislation and, at the same time, was proceeding against the same defendants in a separate Sherman Act criminal action. Assuming the same acts formed the basis for both legal actions the court, after finding no contrary congressional intent, held the two statutes provided the government cumulative remedies. ( Id., pp. 694, 695.)