Finely Engineered Parts Corporation (FEPC)and Great Gears & Gauges,Inc

Essay

Finely Engineered Parts Corporation (FEPC)and Great Gears & Gauges,Inc.(3G),are competitors selling certain machine parts that are otherwise generally unattainable in their geographic market.This market includes the states of California,Oregon,Washington,and Idaho.FEPC and 3G agree that FEPC will no longer sell in California and that 3G will no longer sell in Oregon,Washington,and Idaho.Have FEPC and 3G violated any antitrust law? If so,which one? Explain.If they had divided their market by type of customer rather than geographic are,would the result be the same? Why or why not?