United States Seventh Circuit

In an antitrust class action charging price-fixing in violation of the Sherman Act, evidence showed that manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup were not competing, and plaintiffs presented substantial evidence of an actual, manifest agreement not to compete, to overcome summary judgment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/17/2002
• Decided 06/18/2002
• Published 06/18/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• H. Laddie Montague, Jr.,Berger & Montague, Philadelphia, PA, Robert N. Kaplan, Gregory K. Arenson (argued), Kaplan, Fox & Kilsheimer, New York City, Michael J. Freed, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen M. Shapiro (argued), Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, IL, Mark W. Ryan, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Washington, DC, John P. Carreon, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Steven R. Kuney, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.