Legal Opinion
In Re Lower Lake Erie Iron Ore Antitrust Litigation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 12, 1989No. Master File MDL 587PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER NO. 48
FULLAM, Chief Judge.
MOTION OF DEFENDANT CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO PRE-CONVEYANCE ACTIVITY
Plaintiffs are suing a large number of railroads to recover damages allegedly sustained as a result of a longstanding (1958 through 1980) conspiracy to monopolize the over-land transportation of iron ore arriving at Lake Erie ports. One of the defendants is Consolidated Rail Corporation (“Conrail”) which was created pursuant to the Regional Rail Reorganization Act to assume ownership and operation of the rail properties of the bankrupt northeastern…
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