Legal Opinion
In Re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 2, 2009No. MDL Docket No. 1935. Civil Action No. 1:08-MDL-1935PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER, District Judge.
This multidistrict matter arises from defendants’ alleged attempts to fix prices for chocolate confectionary products in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Plaintiffs contend that defendants, who control approximately 75% of the U.S. chocolate candy market, conspired to inflate prices artificially and reaped windfall profits as a result of several coordinated price increases implemented between 2002 and 2007.
All defendants filed motions to dismiss (Docs. 464, 469, 476) pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of…
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