ERIE COUNTY, OHIO v. MORTON SALT, INC.

No. 11-4153.

702 F.3d 860 (2012)

ERIE COUNTY, OHIO, individually and on behalf of all entities similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MORTON SALT, INC. and Cargill, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: December 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Dennis E. Murray, Jr. , Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Sandusky, Ohio, for Appellant. David Marx, Jr. , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Dennis E. Murray, Jr. , Charles M. Murray , Margaret M. Murray , Michael J. Stewart , Murray & Murray Co., L.P.A., Sandusky, Ohio, for Appellant. David Marx, Jr. , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Hugh R. McCombs , Kristin W. Silverman , Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois, G. Jack Donson, Jr. , John B. Nalbandian , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio, Brian J. Wong , Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, D.C., Richard T. Prasse , Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: GILMAN, GIBBONS, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a purported class action brought by Erie County, Ohio on behalf of itself and other counties in northern Ohio against Morton Salt, Inc. and Cargill, Inc. Erie County claims that Morton and Cargill have conspired to fix the price of rock salt in northern Ohio by geographically dividing the market and excluding competition, in violation of Ohio's Valentine Act (Ohio Revised Code §§ 1331.01-1331.15...

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