Its history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a landmark case, that Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly.
Dets historie som en af verdens første og største multinationale virksomheder sluttede i 1911, da USA's højesteret, i en skelsættende sag, afgjorde at Standard Oil var et illegalt monopol.