Maine v. Mid Coast Anesthesia, 1992 WL 38176 (Me.Super.), 1991-2 Trade Cases P 69,683 (Jan. 10. 1992)
State challenged merger of anesthesiology groups.
Maine v. Bar Harbor Airways, Inc. No. 86-179 (Kennebec Superior Ct., June 9, 1987)
Merger of two small airlines in the same relevant geographical area.
New York v. Kraft General Foods, 862 F.Supp. 1030, 1993-1 Trade Cases P 70,284
Kraft acquired Nabisco’s ready-to-eat cereal assets for approximately 405 million dollars. The New York Attorney General’s Office brought suit to have the acquisition declared unlawful. The Attorney General’s Office argued that the acquisition would eliminate competition between Kraft and Nabisco and significantly reduced competition in the ready-to-eat cereal market. New York sought to have the acquisition declared unlawful. After trial, the claim was dismissed. The judge held the evidence was insufficient to show that the acquisition would substantially lessen competition
State v. Eastern Ambulance Service, Inc., Index No. 83-2613 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Onondaga County)
Defendants engaged in a conspiracy to monopolize the ambulance service provider market. Eastern Ambulance Service agreed to stop providing private wheelchair transportation services. In return, Tender Loving Care Medical Transportation Services, Inc. (TLC) agreed to withdraw from the ambulance service market. The case settled for $35,000.
U.S. and Florida v. Waste Management, Inc., No. 1:03CV02076 (D.D.C. 2003)
Waste Management sought to acquire small container commercial hauling assets in Broward County, Florida from Allied Waste. U.S. and Florida challenged the transaction.
Maine v. Rite-Aid Corp./Community Pharmacy, No. CV-04-273 (Kennebec Super. Ct. Nov. 17, 2004)
State approved the acquisition of several pharmacies by Rite-Aid Corporation, with conditions.
Nixon et al., v. Cargill, Inc., No. 4:97-cv-0687 (E.D.Mo.)April 1997)
Northern Mississippi River and Ohio River States sought to minimize the impact of the merger of Cargill and Akzo by divestiture of bulk deicing salt supply agreement.
In the Matter of Big Y Foods, No. 03-1983-E (Super. Ct. of Mass, Suffolk Cty. April 25, 2003)
State expressed concern about sale of supermarkets in Western Massachusetts to major competitor. Big Y agreed to use same pricing for new stores as it did for all stores in the area, agreed to use its best efforts to sell the supermarket sites for use as supermrkets.
In the Matter of Harvard Communicty Health Plan, Inc. and Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., No. 95-0331 (Mass. Super. Ct., Suffolk Cty., Jan. 18, 1995)
State had concerned about proposed merger of two large HMOs in eastern Massachusetts
California v. Valero Energy Corp., No. 01-10895 (C.D. Cal. Dec. 18, 2001)
States sought to enjoin the proposed merger between Valero Energy Corporation (Valero) and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation (Ultramar), arguing that the merger would substantially lessen competition in the bulk supply and wholesale marketing of gasoline.
