SUMMARY OF ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT
ACTIONS
FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
FOR MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1992 THROUGH FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1992
6/23/92 |
U.S.
v. J.R. "Bob" Smith Oil Co., Inc.
Criminal No.: 3-92-0100 (E.D. Tenn.)
One-count information
was filed in U.S. District Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, charging
J.R. "Bob" Smith Oil Co., Inc. of Bristol, Virginia, with mail
fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, in connection with a scheme to defraud
the Raytheon Corporation Missile Systems Division Plant (Raytheon
Plant) in Bristol, Tennessee, of money and property through the
defendant's sale of petroleum products to the Raytheon Plant.
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6/24/92 |
US v.
James F. Woods; James L. Garner, Sr.; and Edgar J. Dobbins
Criminal No.: 92-90-R (W.D. Va.)
One-count indictment
was filed in US District Court in Roanoke, Virginia, charging
James F. Woods of Durham, North Carolina; James L. Garner, Sr.
of Beckley, West Virginia; and Edgar J. Dobbins of Radford, Virginia,
all present or former employees of Meadow Gold Dairies, Inc.,
which is wholly owned by Borden, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, with
price fixing and bid rigging, in violation of Section 1 of the
Sherman Act, involving milk and other dairy products sold to commercial
and institutional customers and designated schools in western
Virginia and southern West Virginia.
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6/24/92 |
US v.
Valley Rich Dairy
Criminal No.: 92-91-R (WD Va.)
One-count information
was filed in US District Court in Roanoke, Virginia, charging
Valley Rich Dairy, a joint venture in Roanoke, Virginia, with
rigging bids, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, for
the award and performance of contracts to supply school milk to
certain county and independent school systems in parts of southwestern
Virginia and certain county school systems in parts of southeastern
West Virginia, beginning at least as early as 1985 and continuing
at least into 1987.
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6/25/92 |
US v.
Hughes Christensen Company
Criminal No.: H-92-145 (S.D. Tex.)
One-count information
was filed in US District Court in Houston, Texas, charging Hughes
Christensen Company of Houston, Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Baker Hughes Inc., with fixing prices, in violation of Section
1 of the Sherman Act, for the sale of tricone drill bits in the
United States. Tricone drill bits are commonly used on oil drilling
rigs to cut through soil and rock.
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6/26/92 |
US v.
Bell Dairy Products. Inc.
Criminal No.: 3-92CR-291T (N.D. Tex.)
One-count information
was filed in US District Court in Dallas, Texas, charging Bell
Dairy Products, Inc. of Lubbock, Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Dean Foods Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with
rigging bids for the award and performance of contracts to supply
fluid milk to public school districts in northwest Texas, beginning
at least as early as 1975 and continuing until at least June 1988.
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6/26/92 |
US v.
Gandy's Dairies. Inc.
Criminal No.: 3-92CR-292G (ND Tex.)
One-count information
was filed in US District Court in Dallas, Texas, charging Gandy's
Dairies, Inc. of San Angelo, Texas, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Dean Foods Company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with
rigging bids for the award and performance of contracts to supply
fluid milk to public school districts in west central Texas, beginning
at least as early as 1979 and continuing until at least June 1988.
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Copies of legal filings
are available from the Legal Procedure Unit, Antitrust Division, Room
3233, Telephone No.: 514-2481.
92-194
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