Washington v. Wenatchee Valley Clinic, 1988-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 68,118 (E.D. Wash. 1988)
State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant health care providers conspired to fix the price for the delivery or sale of emergency medical services or other health care services. Further, the Plaintiff State alleged that Defendants allocated the markets for the sale of ambulatory surgery facility services, radiation facility services or other health care services.
Washington v. Washington Dental Service, 1997-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,716 (King County Super. Ct. 1997)
State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Washington Dental Service (WDS) maintained “Most Favored Nation Clauses” in its dentist agreements which require that a participating dentist’s fee for any given procedure used as a basis for payment of WDS claims shall not exceed the lowest fee which the dentist charges or offers to or receives from any person or dental plan.
Washington v. Grays Harbor Medical Bureau, 1986-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 66,979 (Wash. Super. Ct. 1986)
State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Grays Harbor Medical Bureau conspired with other health care providers to agree upon fees for reimbursement for services to be offered or provided to Defendant?s subscribers, or the territory or area within which Defendant offers its services.
Washington v. Larson, 199602 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71, 475 (Wash. Super. Ct. 1996)
State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant pharmacies conspired to fix the price of prescription drugs and agreed not to deal with insurers and other third-party payors.
Washington v. BP Oil Company, No. 92-civ-00489 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 30, 1992)
BP Oil purchased all of Exxon?s retail gas stations in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. Under the settlement, BP was required to sell certain stations to reduce market share.
Washington v. Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc., No. C91-39 (W.D. Wash. 1991)
Texaco purchased all of Shell’s retail gasoline stations in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties. Texaco agreed to sell stations with a combined volume of 12 million gallons per year in the relevant market.
Washington v. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Walla Walla, et. al, No. 90-3032 (E.D. Wash 1990)
The State alleged that defendants engaged in a conspiracy to fix prices, rotate bids, allocate locations of vending machines and eliminate discounts.
Washington v. Washington State Tire Dealers Ass’n, No. 99-2-22692-5SEA, (King Cty Super. Ct. 1999)
Defendant tire dealers association facilitated agreement among members to refuse to sell less than four studded snow tires at a time. Defendants also promoted sales by publishing or displaying information concerning the relative safety of tire installation without reasonable substantiation for their claims at the time they were made.
Starwood v. State of Washington, CV02-1469C (W.D. Wash. 2003)
State investigated the practices of Starwood, related to its operation of hotels competing in the downtown Seattle convention and large group markets. The state’s concern focused on Starwood’s management of the only two large convention hotels in Seattle, which were independently owned, and whether groups were receiving competitive bids from each hotel.
Washington v. Robert Lewis, et. al, No. C04-5341 (W.D. Wash. 2004)
Defendants are criminal defense attorneys in Clark County, Washington. Defendants organized a boycott by the criminal defense attorneys, in an effort to increase reimbursement rates. A written agreement appointed defendants as the exclusive bargaining representatives for rate negotiations. Prices for indigent criminal defense services increased. There was no integration of defendants’ practices.
