Ohio v. Jones Chemicals, Inc. et al.
State of Ohio sought to recover damages from chemical companies for price fixing and customer allocation on packaged chlorine.
Ohio v. Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
State of Ohio filed suit on behalf of 25 Toledo area school districts claiming that BFI and its competitors allocated the waste removal market in the Toldeo/Lucas county area. Case was settled
Ohio v. Duellman Electric Supply Co. et al.
State of Ohio filed suit on behalf of five school districts in the Dayton area. Complaint accused the defendants of meeting monthly to fix prices of electrical wire and conduit. Case was settled by consent decree.
Ohio v. British Petroleum et al.
State of Ohio filed a complaint regarding the BP/Amoco merger, alleging potential violations of state antitrust laws.
Ohio v. A.F. Beil Electric, Inc. et al.
State of Ohio on behalf of Youngstown State University filed suit against the defendants for bid-rigging. The alleged activity surrounded the electrical bid for the construction of a new stadium at Youngstown State. Case settled
Utah v. Western Dairymen Cooperative, Inc., Civ.No. 89090147 (3rd Dist. Utah 1989)
The State of Utah brought this action against Western Dairyment cooperative, Meadow Gold Dairies and others alleging price-fixing and market allocation agreements with regard to milk and milk products sold in Utah.
Ohio v. Ohio Vision Service et al.
State of Ohio sued the Ohio Vision Service under the Sherman Act for unlawfully price fixing and devising a scheme to boycott competitors
Utah v. Visual Technology, Inc. (Case No. 1999-820-254) (Settlement Agreement)
After an investigation into Visual Technology, Inc.’s bidding practices in connection with a University of Utah invitation to bid on audio visual equipment the parties reached a settlement.
Utah v. Stericycle, Inc. (Civ. No. 2:03 CV 49) (D.Utah 2003)
State of Utah alleged Stericycle and BFI Waste Systems of North America colluded to allocate markets and customers in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona
California ex. rel. Lockyer v. The Vons Companies, Inc. (C.D. Cal CV 05-8972 DSF January 03, 2006).
Vons allegedly monopolized the grocery store market for the City of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, 26 miles from Los Angeles six years ago by accepting and later renewing a lease from Santa Catalina Island Company on a grocery store site when Vons owned and operated the only other grocery store in town. The Consent Decree required the divestiture of the lease to a new tenant and imposed ongoing obligations relating to both the store owned by Vons as well as the store leased by Vons from Santa Catalina Island Company.
