C & E SERVICES, INC. v. Ashland, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SULLIVAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, C & E Services, Inc. (“C & E”) and Carl L. Biggs, filed a complaint against defendant, Ashland, Inc. (“Ash-land”), alleging that defendant engaged in an unlawful scheme whereby plaintiffs were deceived into placing defendant’s defectively priced products on plaintiffs’ federal government contract for eventual resale to the federal government. Plaintiffs allege that defendant misrepresented and concealed material facts with regard to the status of its products’ prices, which, unbeknownst to plaintiffs, had previously been alleged to be…