Legal Opinion

Northern California Supermarkets, Inc. v. Central California Lettuce Producers Cooperative

District Court, N.D. California

Decided January 30, 1976No. C-74-2002 WHOPublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ORRICK, District Judge.

In this antitrust action, plaintiff, Northern California Supermarkets, Inc. (Northern), charges that defendants, Central California Lettuce Producers Cooperative (Central) and nine of its members, have combined and conspired to fix the price of lettuce shipped in interstate commerce from the Salinas-Watsonville-King City area of the Salinas Valley in California in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1) (Section 1). The Court must determine if the activities of defendants, alleged to be in violation of Section 1, are shielded from antitrust…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. United States v. Borden Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Tigner v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Frost v. Corporation Comm'n of Okla.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
  5. Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Assn., Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  4. United States v. National Broiler Marketing AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  5. Fairdale Farms, Inc. v. Yankee Milk, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980

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