Legal Opinion
Austin Products Co. v. Workers' Compensation Insurers' Rating Ass'n of Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1989No. 87-5378PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Chief Judge.
In April 1983, the plaintiffs,1 who are Minnesota employers, filed a complaint in federal district court alleging that the defendants, who underwrite workers’ compensation insurance in Minnesota, and the Workers’ Compensation Insurers Rating Association of Minnesota (WCIRAM) had entered into a cooperative agreement not to charge less than the maximum lawful rate set by the Commissioner of Insurance. The plaintiffs alleged that the agreement was illegal under both the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and the Minnesota Antitrust Law of 1971, Minn.Stat. §§ 325D.49 to 325D.66,…
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- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Workers' Compensation Insurance Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- Corning Glass Works v. Sumitomo Electric U.S.A.Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1989