Bob and Evan both own tanning salons in Ridgemont,California.They form the "Slow Growth Society of Ridgemont" as a lobbying group to persuade Ridgemont City Council to pass a zoning ordinance that would effectively prohibit new personal services businesses such as tanning salons in Ridgemont.This is prohibited under the Sherman Act.

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Bob and Evan are essentially trying to associate together in an attempt to persuade the legislature or the executive to take particular action with respect to a law (zoning ordinance)that would produce a restraint or a monopoly.This is not prohibited under the Sherman Act as held by the Supreme Court in the Noerr and Pennington cases.

Bob and Evan Both Own Tanning Salons in Ridgemont,California