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.
New York v. Niagara Milk Cooperative, Inc. 95 Civ. 6290 (W.D.N.Y.
Niagra Milk Cooperative participated in a bid-rigging conspiracy, allocating government and private contracts among the members of the Cooperative and other co-conspirators.
Maryland v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 2:06-cv-01298-JP (E.D.Pa Mar. 27, 2006)
States sued manufacturer of antitdepressant Paxil, alleging patent misuse and sham litigation designed to prevent generic entry. Parties settled for $14 million.
Florida v. Saul & Company, et al., No. 02- 5768CAJHS (20th Jud. Cir.,)(May 23, 2002).
State alleged that parties rigged bids on interest rates for tax certificates sold at auction by the state. Parties settled for $754,500 in damages.
North Carolina ex rel. Cooper v. McClure et al., No. 03 CVS 005617 (Wake County Super. Ct. 2003)
State alleged a group of environmental consulting firms conspired to rig bids and inflate prices that the state pays to clean sites contaminated by leaking petroleum tanks.
North Carolina ex rel. Cooper v. Byrd et al., Nos. 05CVS8038 through 3047 (Wake County Super. Ct. 2005)
State alleged parties conspired to fix prices and rig bids for public auctions of real estate
located in Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Durham, Angier, Apex, Hillsborough communities. The conspiracy involved properties that were up for routine auction through county Clerks of Superior Court due to foreclosure.
New York v. Accent Stripe, Inc., 94 CV 0544 (S.D.N.Y Feb. 7, 1994)
Defendants agreed to submit collusive, noncompetitive and rigged bids and allocated among themselves certain areas of New York state to obtain contracts for the sale and application of line stripping in violation of federal and state antitrust laws.
County of Orange v. Sullivan Highway Products, Inc.; 1989-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) PP 68,815, 68,880 (S.D.N.Y 1989)
Defendants liable for damages after engaging in a conspiracy to rig bids with respect to contracts for the sale or sale and application of asphalt in violation of federal and state antitrust laws.
New York v. Yonkers Contracting Co., 90 Civ. 3779 (CES) (S.D.N.Y. June 4, 1990), 1991 WL 120255 (S.D.N.Y. June 24, 1991),.88 Civ. 2952 (CES) (S.D.N.Y. April 27, 1988), 87 Cr 0560 (S.D.N.Y., June 25, 1987)
Defendants conspired to rig bids with respect to contracts for the sale or sale and application of asphalt in violation of federal and state antitrust laws. Settlement for $2,000,000
Ohio v. Louis Trauth Dairy., et al.
State of Ohio sought to recover damages from dairy suppliers who fixed prices of milk sold to 450 school districts in Ohio.
