Legal Opinion
Paper Systems Incorporated, Graphic Controls Corp., and Victor Paper Roll Products, Inc. v. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 6, 2002No. 01-2925PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Five manufacturers of thermal facsimile paper — a product now obsolete — are accused in this class action of conspiring to reduce output and raise price in this business from 1990 to 1992. The paper business has a long history of cartelization; criminal prosecutions and civil antitrust actions are depressingly common. In 1995 the Department of Justice brought a criminal prosecution against the major producers of thermal fax paper. Nippon Paper Industries (known until recently as Jujo Paper) was among the defendants. See United States v. Nippon Paper Industries Co.,…
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