How Did Antitrust Law Help Defeat the Ku Klux Klan? The Vietnamese Fisherman's Association Case
Listen now
Description
In the early 1980s, a group of Vietnamese fisherman on the gulf coast of Texas teamed up with the Southern Poverty Law Center to mount a heroic legal challenge to the Ku Klux Klan. How did antitrust law play a role in this important civil rights case? Charles Moore joins co-hosts Derek Jackson and Alicia Downey to talk about the Section's Diversity.Advanced Committee's upcoming reenactment of the court proceedings, the historical use of antitrust law in cases of violence or threats against competitors, and the potential for new cases in this area. Listen to this episode to learn about the antitrust issues that arose in a milestone case in American legal history. With special guest: Charles Moore, White & Case LLP Related Links: Preliminary injunction decision Permanent injunction decision Houston Public Media, I See U Podcast, Episode 9: Vietnamese Fishermen v. the KKK Andrew Chin, University of North Carolina, The KKK and the Vietnamese Fishermen Hosted by: Alicia Downey, Downey Law LLC and Derek Jackson, Cohen & Gresser LLP
More Episodes
The U.S. passenger airlines have been active in mergers and acquisitions since last year or so, with the Alaska/Hawaiian acquisition, the failed JetBlue/Spirit merger, and more being proposed. But how are these deals and airline competition in general analyzed from an economic perspective? Dr....
Published 11/25/24
Published 11/25/24
The U.S. passenger airlines have seen waves of active mergers and acquisitions including in 2009 through 2013 and again recently since 2023. But who is involved in the legal and regulatory reviews of an airline merger? Courtney Dyer of O'Melveny and David Heffernan of Cozen O'Connor, both with...
Published 11/18/24