Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

1987

Year Resolved

1987

Settlement Amount

$5,404.12 costs

Court

Somerset Superior Court, Maine

Lead State

ME

Participating States

ME

Defendant(s)

Scott Paper Co.

Case Description

State’s complaint charged paper manufacturer with tying purchase of pulpwood from contractors or brokers to the purchase of sawlogs by the contractor or broker. Consent Decree enjoins this practice. In addition, the manufacturer was enjoined from operating a awslog brokerage program inthe state unless its pulpwood buyer was separate and independent from its sawlog purchaser and the two pruchasers refrained from any communication on the purchases.