context: Noerr-Pennington immunity exists in certain circumstances even if the protected petitioning involved making misrepresentations.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 516 F.2d 228, 228
citation_a.parenthetical: "When the concerted activities occur in a legislative or other non-adjudicatory governmental setting, they are not within the Sherman Act even though they include 'conduct that can be termed unethical,' such as deception and misrepresentation."
citation_a.sentence: Metro Cable Co., 516 F.2d at 228 (“When the concerted activities occur in a legislative or other non-adjudicatory governmental setting, they are not within the Sherman Act even though they include ‘conduct that can be termed unethical,’ such as deception and misrepresentation.”) (citations omitted); see also City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc., 499 U.S. 365, 383-84, 111 S.Ct. 1344, 113 L.Ed.2d 382 (1991) (“In Noerr itself, where the private party ‘deliberately deceived the public and public officials’ in its successful lobbying campaign, we said that ‘deception, reprehensible as it is, can be of no consequence so far as the Sherman Act is concerned.’ ”) (quoting Noerr, 365 U.S. at 145, 81 S.Ct. 523).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "In Noerr itself, where the private party 'deliberately deceived the public and public officials' in its successful lobbying campaign, we said that 'deception, reprehensible as it is, can be of no consequence so far as the Sherman Act is concerned.' "
citation_b.sentence: Metro Cable Co., 516 F.2d at 228 (“When the concerted activities occur in a legislative or other non-adjudicatory governmental setting, they are not within the Sherman Act even though they include ‘conduct that can be termed unethical,’ such as deception and misrepresentation.”) (citations omitted); see also City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc., 499 U.S. 365, 383-84, 111 S.Ct. 1344, 113 L.Ed.2d 382 (1991) (“In Noerr itself, where the private party ‘deliberately deceived the public and public officials’ in its successful lobbying campaign, we said that ‘deception, reprehensible as it is, can be of no consequence so far as the Sherman Act is concerned.’ ”) (quoting Noerr, 365 U.S. at 145, 81 S.Ct. 523).