Exhaust, Inc. has the exclusive contract with the state of California for building, maintaining, and operating the state's vehicle emission testing centers. Auto Emissions, Inc. has announced it will submit a bid on the upcoming renewal. Exhaust, Inc. has begun lobbying state legislators to pass a bill allowing only in-state firms to be awarded the exclusive emissions contract. Exhaust is a California corporation and Auto Emissions is a New York corporation. Exhaust's conduct is: a. a boycott and a violation of the Sherman Act. b. an attempt at price fixing and a violation of the Sherman Act. c. protected under the Noerr-Pennington doctrine. d. an intentional act designed to create a monopoly and violates the Sherman Act. 1 points