New York v. Upstate Milk Cooperatives, Inc. , No. 93-CV-6479T (W.D.N.Y. 1993)
State of New York sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that defendant entered into or participated in a conspiracy to rig bids, or to allocate contracts or territories for the supply of milk or milk related products.
New York v. Federated Department Stores, May Department Stores, Lenox, Inc., and Waterford Wedgewood U.S.A. (In the Matter of Tabletop Investigation)
Alleged conspiracy by two department store chains and two manufacturers of tableware to limit distribution of products sold to consumers.
New York v. Salem Sanitary Carting Corp., et.al., No. CV-85-0208 (ILG) (E.D.N.Y. 1985)
State of New York sought injunctive relief, against private garbage carting firms charged with conspiring to rig bids for contracts, which violates of state and federal antitrust laws.
New York v. Asian American Tourist Inc., Chi-Am Tours, Inc., Five-Star Tours International Inc., Jonathan Travel & Tours Inc., New Golden Horse Tours, Inc., Safeway Tours International (U.S.A.) Inc. Kwok Ho Chu, Jona
State of New York sought damages and injunctive relief, alleging that defendants conspired to raise prices of the Chinese-language bus tours.
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.
New York v. El Paso Energy Corp., No. 01-CV-0059S (SC) (W.D.N.Y. May 2, 2001)
Alleged anticompetitive merger of gasoline pipelines
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.
In the Matter of Land O’Lakes, Inc., C5-97-4209 (Minn. Dist. Ct. Ramsey County)
The State of Minnesota alleged that Land O’Lakes was involved in a bid-rigging and market allocation scheme on milk contracts with more than 140 Minnesota public school districts in the southwestern and northwestern parts of the State.
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.
