<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> U.S. Const . Art . I, Sec 8 . </Td> </Tr> <P> United States v. E.C. Knight Co., 156 U.S. 1 (1895) also known as the "Sugar Trust Case," was a United States Supreme Court case that limited the government's power to control monopolies . The case, which was the first heard by the Supreme Court concerning the Sherman Antitrust Act, was argued on October 24, 1894 and the decision was issued on January 21, 1895 . </P> <P> In 1892, the American Sugar Refining Company gained control of the E.C. Knight Company and several others which resulted in a 98% monopoly of the American sugar refining industry . President Grover Cleveland, in his second term of office (1893--1897), directed the national government to sue the Knight Company under the provisions of the Sherman Antitrust Act to prevent the acquisition . The question the court had to answer was, "could the Sherman Antitrust Act suppress a monopoly in the manufacture of a good, as well as its distribution?" </P>

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