Legal Opinion
Insulate SB, Inc. v. Advanced Finishing Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2015No. 14-2561PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Insulate SB, Inc., a purchaser of fast-set spray foam equipment (FSE), filed this antitrust class action alleging FSE manufacturer Graco Inc. and its subsidiary Gra-co Minnesota Inc. (Graco) and a number of FSE distributors (Distributors) (collectively, appellees) conspired to restrain trade in violation of federal antitrust law, see 15 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., and numerous state antitrust and consumer protection laws. Insulate claims these conspiracies kept Graco’s competitors out of the market, allowing Graco and the Distributors to charge artificially high prices. The…
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