Sen. John Sherman (R â OH), the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Sherman Antitrust Act (Sherman Act, 26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. Â§Â§ 1 â 7) is a landmark federal statute in the history of United States antitrust law (or  competition law ) passed by Congress in 1890.he purpose of the [Sherman] Act is not to protect businesses from the working of the market; it is to protect the public from the failure of the market.
By Ginny Wiehardt. Definition: Mystery is a genre of fiction in which a detective, either an amateur or a professional, solves a crime or a series of crimes. Because detective stories rely on logic, supernatural elements rarely come into play.
A mistrial is a legal trial which ends without a verdict, for example because the jury cannot agree on one. [us] The judge said he would declare a mistrial if the jury did not reach its verdict today.