Legal Opinion
Knevelbaard Dairies v. Kraft Foods, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 1, 2000No. 99-55327PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge DWYER; Dissent by Judge PAEZ.
DWYER, District Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
In this antitrust case originally brought in state court under the Cartwright Act, Cal. Bus. & Prof.Code §§ 16700-16770, the plaintiff milk producers2 claim that the defendant cheese makers3 conspired successfully to depress the prices they paid for milk produced in California. The alleged price fix among buyers was accomplished in an unusual way: through a now-defunct auction agency called the National Cheese Exchange (“NCE”), the cheese makers are said to have rigged the price for bulk cheese in order to…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Lopez v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Associated General Contractors of California, Inc. v. California State Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Brunswick Corp. v. Pueblo Bowl-O-Mat, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by150 opinions
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