2015 Event Gazprom, the state-owned Russian energy company, is sued by the E.U. for antitrust violations, including seeking control of pipelines in exchange for gas, charging steep prices, and limiting gas flows to nations beyond eastern Europe 2014 Event Apple Inc. wins an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of blocking competing music providers in its iTunes 7.0 update; the company proved that its upgrades were product improvements and that consumers were still able to access music purchased elsewhere 2014 Event Apple Inc. will be required to pay $450 million in settlements if found guilty of antitrust violations concerning e-book price fixing; the outcome of an appeal by Apple is pending 2013 Event An antitrust lawsuit brought on by the U.S. Department of Justice and six states is filed to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways 1986 Event New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages 1982 Event Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing 1982 Event Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM 1974 Event The U.S. files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T 1972 Event U.S. Supreme Court, 5-3, confirms lower court rulings in Curt Flood case, upholding baseball's exemption from antitrust laws 1972 Event Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to Republican Party 1970 Event Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball 1957 Event Supreme Court decides 6-3, baseball is only antitrust exempt pro sport 1922 Event U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws 1911 Event Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil with the Sherman Antitrust Act 1908 Event Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act 1890 Event Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act 1889 Event Kansas passes 1st general antitrust law in U.S. 1889 Event Kansas passes 1st U.S. antitrust 1883 Event Alabama becomes 1st U.S. state to enact an antitrust law
