Legal Opinion

In Re Sugar Industry Antitrust Litigation

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided June 2, 1975No. 201PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM * , EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEI-GEL, Judges of the Panel. PER CURIAM.

I. Background of the Litigation

On December 19, 1974, the United States filed two criminal actions and three civil injunctive actions in the Northern District of California against several sugar refiners, charging them with violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. In the first indictment the government alleged that defendants Great Western Sugar Co., Holly Sugar Corp.,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. In Re Equity Funding Corp. of America Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
  2. In Re Republic National-Realty Equities Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
  3. In Re Plumbing Fixture CasesUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1968
  4. In Re Midwest Milk Monopolization LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
  5. In Re Plywood Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Freedman v. Amalgamated Sugar Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
  2. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Elizabethtown, Inc. v. Coca-Cola Co.District Court, D. Delaware · 1988
  3. Impervious Paint Industries, Ltd. v. Ashland Oil, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. In Re Cement and Concrete Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1977
  5. In Re Sugar Industry Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975

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