Legal Opinion
White v. RM Packer Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 18, 2011No. 10-1130PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
The plaintiffs in this case complain that the prices for gasoline on Martha’s Vineyard have been artificially high due both to an illegal price-fixing conspiracy among four of the island’s nine gas stations and to unconscionable price-gouging in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. As to the antitrust claims, the stations agree for the purposes of summary-judgment that there is evidence of parallel pricing but say that is not illegal absent an agreement to fix prices. The district court granted summary judgment to defendants on both of plaintiffs’ claims,…
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