In the Matter of Warren Supply
Company tied satellite programming and other products to purchase of digital satellite systems.
Minnesota v. Tim Amdahl Chevrolet Co., No. C3-93-676 (Winona Cty. Ct.)
Auto body repair shops fixed prices by providing sham estimates on competitors blank letterhead.
In re Clozapine Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 874 (N.D. Ill. 1991)
Plaintiff States sought monetary damages and injunctive relief against Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation (Sandoz), alleging the company unlawfully required those who purchased its drug, Clozapine, to also purchase distribution and patient monitoring services from Sandoz.
New York et al. v. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., Roche Vitamin, Inc.; Aventis Animal Nutrition S.A.; Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co. LTD; Eisai Co, LTD; Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd; BASF Corporation (master case)
In various state court filings around the country, Plaintiff States alleged that Defendants conspired to set the prices of vitamins that go into various products. The exemplar case upon which all other settlements were ultimately based was filed in the District of Columbia in conjunction with various private class actions.
Minnesota v. Mid-Minnesota Associated Physicians, 1991-1 Trade Cas. (CCH) 69,531 (Minn. Dist. Ct. 1991)
State sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that Defendant, Mid-Minnesota Associated Physicians, negotiated contracts on behalf of their physician members having the effect of collectively refusing to deal with third-party payors unless the payors formed an integrated joint venture.
Minnesota v. Southern Minn. Health Alliance, C0-90-766 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Blue Earth County)
The State alleged three corporations, Southern Minnesota Health Alliance, Southern Minnesota Physicians, P.A., and Hospitals of Southern Minnesota, Inc. were illegally formed by most of the doctors and all of the hospitals in the Mankato area, including St. Peter and St. James, to maintain their control of the health care market.
In the Matter of Golden Sky Systems, Inc. (Minn. Dist. Ct. Ramsey County).
The Assurance of Discontinuance ended an antitrust investigation into alleged price-fixing by Golden Sky, Inc., a company which marketed and sold satellite receiver equipment and the direct broadcast satellite service known as Direct TV.
Minnesota v. Allina Health System, C6-05-541 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Ramsey County 2005)
In January 2005, the State filed suit against Allina Health System alleging that it conspired with St. Paul Heart Clinic (?SPHC?) and Metropolitan Cardiology Consultants (?MCC?) to monopolize the market for cardiology services in the Twin Cities area by planning a merger or comparable transaction.
Minnesota v. Marigold Foods, Inc., et al., 62-C9-98-012775 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Ramsey County).
The State of Minnesota sought damages, statutory penalties and injunctive relief for Defendants’ alleged violation of the Minnesota Antitrust Act of 1971, Minn. Stat. §§ 325D.49-325D.66 (2004). The State alleged that the Defendants conspired to restrain trade by fixing the prices of fluid milk products at artificially high levels from 1985 through at least July of 1996.
