United States v. Peake

AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER

DANIEL R. DOMÍNGUEZ, District Judge.

I. Factual & Procedural History

The instant matter involves a conspiracy amongst three freight carriers, Sea Star Line (“Sea Star”), Horizon Lines (“Horizon”), and Crowley Liner (“Crowley”), to suppress and eliminate competition by agreeing to fix rates and surcharges for Puerto Rico freight services. As part of the ongoing conspiracy, various high level employees of the freight carriers would meet and conspire to raise rates for the upcoming year and would scheme on how to handle upcoming contract negotiations with potential…