<P> Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States , 221 U.S. 1 ( 1911 ) , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States found Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions . The Court 's remedy was to divide Standard Oil into several geographically separate and eventually competing firms . </P>
what was the outcome of the supreme court 's decision in the 1911 standard oil case
found Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions