Legal Opinion

In re Bristol Bay, Alaska, Salmon Fishery Antitrust Litigation

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided December 3, 1976No. 249PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

2Per curiam

This litigation consists of four actions pending in two different districts: three in the Western District of Washington and one in the District of Alaska. The plaintiffs in all four actions are salmon fishermen in the Bristol Bay, Alaska, salmon fishery. All the defendant companies are owners of canneries and fishing fleet maintenance and support facilities on Bristol Bay. Nine of these defendants are common to every action.

The complaints in all four actions contain allegations that the defendants violated the federal antitrust laws by conspiring to monopolize the market for…

3Cases cited9 opinions

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In Re Republic National-Realty Equities Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
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