Legal Opinion
In Re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 4, 2009No. MDL Docket No. 1935. Civil Action No. 1:08-MDL-1935PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER, District Judge.
This is a multidistrict antitrust matter brought under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and various state antitrust and consumer protection statutes. Plaintiffs allege that defendants conspired to fix the prices of chocolate confectionary products in the United States. Defendants, who control approximately 75% of the American market for chocolate candy, allegedly entered pricing agreements, resulting in coordinated price increases on three distinct occasions between 2002 and 2007. Defendants argue that the amended complaints fail to…
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