Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

2007

Year Resolved

2007

Settlement Amount

$1.32 million ($580,000 to U.S., $740,000 to MN)

Court

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Docket Number

06-3631 (RHK/AJB)

Lead State

MN

Participating States

MN

Defendant(s)

Alltel Corp.; Midwest Wireless Holdings, LLC

Case Description

Alltel Corp. paid $1.3 million to the United States and Minnesota to settle allegations that it violated conditions of its acquisition of Midwest Wireless. Alltel had agreed to maintain the Midwest Wireless assets while it finished the acquisition, so it could divest its service in several rural Minnesota counties because of antitrust concerns. Minnesota and US DOJ accused Alltel of failing to maintain those assets as agreed. The state got $745,000 from the settlement, and the Justice Department got $580,000,