#254 How Did Antitrust Law Help Defeat the Ku Klux Klan? The Vietnamese Fisherman's Association Case

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In the early 1980s, a group of Vietnamese fisherman on the gulf coast of Texas teamed up with the Southern Poverty Law Center to mount a heroic legal challenge to the Ku Klux Klan. How did antitrust law play a role in this important civil rights case? Charles Moore joins co-hosts Derek Jackson and Alicia Downey to talk about the Section's Diversity.Advanced Committee's upcoming reenactment of the court proceedings, the historical use of antitrust law in cases of violence or threats against competitors, and the potential for new cases in this area. Listen to this episode to learn about the antitrust issues that arose in a milestone case in American legal history.

With special guest:

Charles Moore, White & Case LLP

Related Links:

Preliminary injunction decision

Permanent injunction decision

Houston Public Media, I See U Podcast, Episode 9: Vietnamese Fishermen v. the KKK

Andrew Chin, University of North Carolina, The KKK and the Vietnamese Fishermen

Hosted by:

Alicia Downey, Downey Law LLC and Derek Jackson, Cohen & Gresser LLP