United States v. National City Lines Inc. 334 U.S. 573, 596 (1949) was a United States Supreme Court case. It is sometimes called the General Motors streetcar conspiracy. Court citation is a standard system used in common law countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada to uniquely identify the location of past court cases in special series of books called reporters. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to a contention that General Motors (GM), acting in conjunction with several other companies and through the National City Lines (NCL) holding company, illegally acquired many streetcar systems in various cities around the United States and replaced them with buses for the express purpose...

The case concerned General Motors (GM), along with several other companies through the National City Lines (NCL) holding company illegally acquired many US streetcar systems and replaced them with buses for the express purpose of promoting the automobile. GM redirects here. ... Between 1936 and 1950, National City Lines (NCL), a holding company sponsored and funded by General Motors, Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California and Phillips Petroleum, bought out more than 100 electric surface-traction (streetcar) systems in 45 cities (including New York, Philadelphia, St. ... a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ... The Bus, established by Mayor Frank Fasi, is Honolulus only public transit system. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ...

National City Lines was found not guilty of conspiring to form a transportation monopoly. Only GM was found guilty of conspiracy to force GM-owned bus companies to purchase GM buses.

External links and references

• caselaw.lp.findlaw.com on United States v. National City Lines Inc. (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=search&court=US&case=/us/334/573.html)