Legal Opinion
Blomkest Fertilizer, Inc. v. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1999No. 97-1330PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
A certified class of potash buyers appeals the district court’s entry of judgment in favor of the defendant potash producers in this antitrust case. The class claims that the producers conspired to fix potash prices in violation of section one of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (1994). The district court adopted a recommendation of the Magistrate Judge concluding that the class had not produced any evidence supporting an inference of conspiracy. Although much of the class’s evidence of behavior in the potash industry was consistent with a price-fixing conspiracy,…
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