biography
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Dodd, S(amuel) C(alvin) T(ate)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1836–1907)
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| biography:
| Lawyer, born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. Admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1859, the year oil was discovered in the state, he specialized in corporate law. Having become the general solicitor for the Standard Oil Company in New York City (1881), he proceeded to write a trust agreement for the nine trustees of the over 40 companies that made up Standard Oil. He then represented the company through two major court battles, the Ohio Supreme Court (1892) and the US Supreme Court (1911), arguing against the government's anti-trust concerns. In both cases the government prevailed. He wrote several books, including Uses and Abuses of Combinations (1888) and History of Standard Oil (1888). |
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