Legal Opinion
In Re Wheat Rail Freight Rate Antitrust Litigation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 6, 1984No. MDL 534PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PRENTICE H. MARSHALL, District Judge.
This multidistrict antitrust litigation involves wheat rail freight rates. The plain tiffs, shippers of wheat and wheat products, allege that the defendant railroads violated Sherman Act § 1, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (1976) by fixing the price of rail freight rates for wheat and wheat products without following the procedures required to exempt their conduct from antitrust liability under the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 10706 (Supp. Ill 1979). Many motions have been filed and decided. The issues which remain are: 1) whether the Interstate…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Topco Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- UNR Industries, Inc. v. Continental InsuranceDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- In re Wheat Rail Freight Rate Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Berning v. GoodingDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1986
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