Connecticut v. BPS Petroleum Distributors, Inc., Civ. No. 3:91 CV-00173-PCD (D.Conn. 1991)

Civil settlement accompanying guilty pleas in federal criminal case involving price-fixing on home heating oil.

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Pennsylvania v. J.J.D. Urethane

Defendant pleaded guilty to federal bid-rigging on roofing contracts for Pennsylvania school districts, state filed civil suit to recover damages.

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California v. Marquee Holdings, Inc., C-05-5306 MEJ (N.D. Cal. 2005)

Plaintiff state challenged merger of two movie theater chains, alleging market power in San Francisco market. Defendants agreed to divestiture of two theaters in that market.

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Washington v. Marquee Holdings, Inc., CV 05-2111 (W.D. Wash. 2005)

Plaintiff state reviewed merger of companies owning two large theater chains.

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District of Columbia v. Marquee Holdings Inc. and LCE Holdings, Inc.

District of Columbia filed a complaint and a proposed stipulated final judgment simultaneously. The complaint alleged that the merger of movie chains AMC and Loews would substantially lessen competition in the District of Columbia. The stipulated final judgment requires the divestiture of one AMC theatre and one Loews theater, and prohibits the defendants from entering into contracts restricting the rights of theater landlords to rent former AMC and Loews theaters to new theater tenants.

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California v. Sutter Health, et al. No. 3:99-cv-03803-MMC(N.D. Cal., 1999)

State sought preliminary injunction to block merger of two hsopitals in East Bay area. Injunction denied.

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People v. J.A. Momaney Services, Inc., No. 03426723 (San Francisco Superior Court 2003)

Challenge to tie-in sales of certain traffic signal equipment in bids to California public entities.

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People v. John L. Sullivan Investments et al., No. 02AS07559 (Sacramento Superior Court 2003)

California Attorney General and Sacramento District Attorney challenged an alleged 1998 agreement among the four major Toyota dealers in Sacramento to cease advertising prices of new cars. Settlements including approx. $200,000 in civil penalties were concluded individually during 2003, with the fourth and final settlement filed November 12, 2003.

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Louisiana v. Borden, Inc. No. 95-CA-2655, 684 So.2d 1024 (1996); on remand, 1995 WL 59548 (E.D. La.)

This case was based on a bid-rigging guilty plea by defendant obtained by the U.S. DOJ criminal division in the western district of Louisiana.

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Oregon, et al. v. Hartzell; 3:96-cv-01783 (D. Or)

This case was based on claims of horizontal price fixing among commercial crab fisherman.

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