SUMMARY OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS
FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
FOR MONDAY, JAN. 6, 1992 THROUGH FRIDAY, JAN. 10, 1992

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General Cinema Corporation Has Agreed to Pay $950,000 in Settlement of Civil Suit Filed January 3, 1991 A stipulation and final judgment were filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., by the FTC on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, which would settle the civil suit filed on January 3, 1991 against General Cinema Corporation. The complaint alleged that General Cinema Corporation, in acquiring voting securities of Cadbury Schweppes p.l.e., violated Section (a) of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. § 18a, which prohibits certain acquisitions of voting securities or assets until a notification has been filed with the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission and a waiting period has expired. The complaint alleged that General Cinema Corporation was in violation of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act from September 11, 1986 through February 25, 1987 with respect to its acquisition of Cadbury stock. Section (g)(l) of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18a(g)(l), provides that any person who fails to comply with the Act shall be liable to the United States for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each day during which such person is in violation of the Act. General Cinema Corporation has agreed to pay $950,000 within 15 days of entry of the final judgment.

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U.S. v. Dietrich & Sons. Inc. Criminal No..: C3-92-2 (D.N.D.) Two-count information was filed in U.S. District Court in Fargo, North Dakota, charging Dietrich & Sons, Inc. of Valley City, North Dakota, with conspiring to set prices, rig bids and allocate customers, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, concerning bus and bus body contracts for transporting children in North Dakota and Montana.

Copies of legal filings are available from the Legal Procedure Unit, Antitrust Division, Room 3233, Telephone No.: 514-2481.

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