In re: CITRIC ACID LITIGATION.
7-Up Bottling Co. of Jasper Inc., et al., Plaintiffs, and
Varni Brothers Corp., on its own behalf and all others similarly situated dba Seven-Up Bottling of Modesto; 7-Up Bottling Company of Philadelphia, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Archer Daniels Midland Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation, et al., Defendants, and
Cargill, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted May 19, 1999.
Decided September 1, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jerome B. Falk, Jr. (argued), Therese M. Stewart, Sue A. Krenek, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, California; Leonard Barrack, Steven A. Asher, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Joseph W. Cotchett, Bruce L. Simon, Marie S. Weiner, Steven C. Keller, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, California; Guido Saveri, Richard Saveri, R. Alexander Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, San Francisco, California, for plaintiffs-appellants Varni Brothers Corp., on its own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, dba Seven-Up Bottling of Modesto; 7-Up Bottling Company of Philadelphia, Inc.
Robert E. Bloch, Robert L. Bronston, Richard J. Favretto (argued), Lawrence S. Robbins, Mark W. Ryan, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, D.C.; Charles F. Preuss, Vernon I. Zvoleff, Michael J. Stortz, Preuss, Walker & Shanagher, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Cargill, Incorporated.
Frederick S. Fields, Steven H. Winick, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, California; Christian M. Hoffman, Peter M. Casey, Daniel H. Haines, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, Massachusetts, for non-party appellee Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
Before: O'SCANNLAIN, McKEOWN, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether purchasers were able to establish that a citric acid manufacturer conspired with competitors to fix prices and to allocate market share in violation of the federal antitrust laws.
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Citric acid is a corn derivative with a wide variety of uses in the manufacture of food, soft drinks, detergents, and pharmaceuticals. Varni Brothers Corp. and 7-Up Bottling Company of Philadelphia, Inc. (collectively...
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