Legal Opinion
Food Lion, LLC v. Dean Foods Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 3, 2014No. 12-5457PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GREGORY F. VAN TATENHOVE, District Judge.
Dean Foods Company and Suiza Foods Corporation were the two largest processed milk bottlers in the country in 2001. At that time, they announced plans to merge their operations, which the Department of Justice approved subject to divestment of particular milk processing plants. The merged company, now known as Dean Foods, is accused of violating 15 U.S.C. § 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by conspiring with a raw milk supplier/milk processor and the purchaser of the divested processing facilities to divide markets and restrict output. The…
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