Editing Sherman Antitrust Act (section)

===Elements===
A Section 1 violation has three elements:<ref>E.g., [https://www.lexis.com/research/buttonTFLink?_m=c2cdaffd0ce470de6e524fd3149b710f&_xfercite=%3ccite%20cc%3d%22USA%22%3e%3c%21%5bCDATA%5b54%20Fordham%20L.%20Rev.%20247%5d%5d%3e%3c%2fcite%3e&_butType=3&_butStat=2&_butNum=322&_butInline=1&_butinfo=%3ccite%20cc%3d%22USA%22%3e%3c%21%5bCDATA%5b547%20F.%20Supp.%20893%2cat%20917%5d%5d%3e%3c%2fcite%3e&_fmtstr=FULL&docnum=27&_startdoc=21&wchp=dGLzVtb-zSkAB&_md5=79b43fe5414599f9b527852cc3923437 ''Richter Concrete Corp. v. Hilltop Basic Resources, Inc.'', 547 F. Supp. 893, 917 (S.D. Ohio 1981)], ''aff'd,'' [https://www.lexis.com/research/buttonTFLink?_m=c2cdaffd0ce470de6e524fd3149b710f&_xfercite=%3ccite%20cc%3d%22USA%22%3e%3c%21%5bCDATA%5b54%20Fordham%20L.%20Rev.%20247%5d%5d%3e%3c%2fcite%3e&_butType=3&_butStat=2&_butNum=323&_butInline=1&_butinfo=%3ccite%20cc%3d%22USA%22%3e%3c%21%5bCDATA%5b691%20F.2d%20818%5d%5d%3e%3c%2fcite%3e&_fmtstr=FULL&docnum=27&_startdoc=21&wchp=dGLzVtb-zSkAB&_md5=6b29ef5c9d547fa7ec5db6b9e3d721ae 691 F.2d 818 (6th Cir. 1982)]; [https://www.lexis.com/research/buttonTFLink?_m=c2cdaffd0ce470de6e524fd3149b710f&_xfercite=%3ccite%20cc%3d%22USA%22%3e%3c%21%5bCDATA%5b54%20Fordham%20L.%20Rev.%20247%5d%5d%3e%3c%2fcite%3e&_butType=3&_butStat=2&_butNum=324&_butInline=1&_butinfo=%3ccite%20cc%3d%22USA%22%3e%3c%21%5bCDATA%5b480%20F.%20Supp.%20640%2cat%20648%5d%5d%3e%3c%2fcite%3e&_fmtstr=FULL&docnum=27&_startdoc=21&wchp=dGLzVtb-zSkAB&_md5=e2b70f0ee5ddeea95366fc31069e1498 ''Consolidated Farmers Mut. Ins. Co. v. Anchor Sav. Association'', 480 F. Supp. 640, 648 (D. Kan. 1979)]; [https://www.lexis.com/research/buttonTFLink?_m=c2cdaffd0ce470de6e524fd3149b710f&_xfercite=%3ccite%20cc%3d%22USA%22%3e%3c%21%5bCDATA%5b54%20Fordham%20L.%20Rev.%20247%5d%5d%3e%3c%2fcite%3e&_butType=3&_butStat=2&_butNum=325&_butInline=1&_butinfo=%3ccite%20cc%3d%22USA%22%3e%3c%21%5bCDATA%5b474%20F.%20Supp.%20628%2cat%20636%5d%5d%3e%3c%2fcite%3e&_fmtstr=FULL&docnum=27&_startdoc=21&wchp=dGLzVtb-zSkAB&_md5=6fd0f7818a17e24b32e8c0e6cbc4083e ''Mardirosian v. American Inst. of Architects'', 474 F. Supp. 628, 636 (D.D.C. 1979).]</ref>

# an agreement;
# which unreasonably restrains competition; and
# which affects interstate commerce.

A Section 2 monopolization violation has two elements:<ref>{{ussc|name=United States v. Grinnell Corp.|link=|volume=384|page=563|pin=570–71|year=1966}}; see also {{cite court |litigants=Weiss v. York Hosp. |vol=745 |reporter=F.2d |opinion=786 |pinpoint=825 |court=3d Cir. |date=1984 |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/745/786/128964/ |access-date=2019-02-02 }}</ref>

# the possession of monopoly power in the relevant market; and
# the willful acquisition or maintenance of that power as distinguished from growth or development as a consequence of a superior product, business acumen, or historic accident.

Section 2 also bans attempted monopolization, which has the following elements:

# qualifying exclusionary or anticompetitive acts designed to establish a monopoly
# specific intent to monopolize; and
# dangerous probability of success (actual monopolization).