Legal Opinion
Burkhalter Travel Agency v. MacFarms International, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 9, 1991No. Nos. C-90-2319-DLJ, C-91-0282-DLJPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JENSEN, District Judge.
This is an action against several macadamia nut producers alleging the existence of a price fixing conspiracy in violation of federal antitrust laws. Plaintiffs are Burk-halter Travel Agency (“Burkhalter”) and Specialty Food Distributors (“Specialty”). Defendants are the Hawaiian-based macadamia nut producers MacFarms International (“MacFarms”), Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation (“Mauna Loa”), and Thomas Modisette, president of MacFarms. The action had its genesis in statements made by a disgruntled former MacFarms employee James McCaffrey who claimed that…
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