7Brown Shoe Co. v. United States, 370 U.S. 294, (1962).
8370U. S. 294. "Taken as a whole, the legislative history illuminates congressional concern with the protection of competition, not competitors, and its desire to restrain mergers only to the extent that such combinations may tend to lessen competition.
9370U. S. 294. "Other considerations cited in support of the bill were the desirability of retaining ' local control' over industry and the protec-tion of small businesses. ".
10370U. S. 294. "Congress foresaw that the merger of two large companies or a large and a small company might violate the Clayton Act while the merger of two small companies might not, although the share of the market foreclosed be identical, if the purpose of the small companies is to enable them in combination to compete with larger corporations dominating the market. ".
