In which antitrust case did the Supreme Court begin to apply the per se rule to determine whether a firm was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act?
A) The Standard Oil case.
B) The Alcoa case.
C) The IBM case.
D) The MIT case.

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The Alcoa case (United States v. Alcoa, 1945) is significant because it was in this case that the Supreme Court began to apply the per se rule more rigorously to determine violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, particularly in situations involving monopolization and anti-competitive practices.

In Which Antitrust Case Did the Supreme Court Begin to Apply