Legal Opinion
Kleen Products LLC v. International Paper Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 4, 2016No. 15-2385; 15-2386PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
The antitrust laws prohibit competing economic actors from colluding to agree on prices, either directly or through such mechanisms as output restrictions. See United States v. Socony-Vacumn Oil Co., 310 U.S. 150, 60 S.Ct. 811, 84 L.Ed. 1129 (1940); Palmer v. BRG of Georgia, Inc., 498 U.S. 46, 111 S.Ct. 401, 112 L.Ed.2d 349 (1990). That is just what the plaintiffs in the case before us allege the producers and sellers of containerboard did. The plaintiff-purchasers filed this suit under Sherman Act § 1, 15 U.S.C. § 1, seeking to recover treble damages for the overcharges…
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