Banana Distributors, Inc. v. United Fruit Co.

DIMOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, jobbers of boxed bananas, bring this action for an injunction and treble damages for violation of the antitrust laws, 15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., against defendants, wholesalers of bananas. The complaint alleges that defendants have created a monopoly in the production, transportation and distribution of green bananas entering into the United States. Plaintiffs further allege that, through this monopoly power, defendants have discriminated against plaintiffs by price fixing, selective price cutting, withholding of supplies from plaintiffs, and adverse dumping of…