Coleman v. Cannon Oil Co.

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, who are individual gasoline consumers, brought this class-action lawsuit charging that defendants, who are retail sellers of gasoline, violated federal antitrust laws by conspiring to fix gasoline prices in Do-than, Alabama. Plaintiffs are: T.R. Coleman; Bernard J. Petit; and R.L. and Lucy Middleton. Defendants include: Rodney Parrish; Cannon Oil Company; Thomas Shirley and his company, Home Oil Company; and James Sheffield and his company, Sheffield Oil Company. Plaintiffs sought damages and injunctive relief under § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15…