Legal Opinion

In re Folding Carton Antitrust Litigation

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 5, 1984No. Nos. 83-1467, 83-1468, 83-1506, 83-1507 and 83-1673PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

These five appeals have been consolidated and grow out of antitrust litigation involving an alleged nationwide price-fixing conspiracy among manufacturers of folding cartons in violation of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1). The appeals have been filed by two former defendants and six former class-member plaintiffs and relate chiefly to the district court’s disposition of an approximately $6,000,000 reserve fund established to pay late claims and to meet various expenses and contingencies connected with the distribution of the $200,-000,000 settlement fund. The litigation…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Elsie Simer v. Richard J. Rios, Acting Director of Community Services Administration Community Services AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  2. In Re General Motors Corporation Engine Interchange LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  3. Texas v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Wheaton Glass Co., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  5. United States v. Wright Contracting Company, United States of America v. Mid-Atlantic Paving Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FIGGIE INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  2. Schwab v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 2006
  3. United States Government ex rel. Houck v. Folding Carton Administration CommitteeDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
  4. Houck ex rel. United States v. Folding Carton Administration CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. In Re "Agent Orange" Product Liability LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1988

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