Legal Opinion
HJ Heinz Company v. Beech-Nut Life Savers, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 3, 1960PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVET, District Judge.
This case involves what the plaintiff labels a “price war” in the baby food products market in the State of California.
On September 4, 1957, the defendant, Beech-Nut Life Savers, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Beech-Nut”) reduced its prices on baby food in California to a level lower than its prices east of the Mississippi River. Price reductions followed by the other two large baby food competitors in California, Gerber Products Company (hereinafter referred to as “Gerber”) and the plaintiff, H. J. Heinz Company (hereinafter referred to as “Heinz”).
On December…
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