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Litigation

Jan. 20, 2011

State of California ex rel. Brown v. Safeway Inc.

Antitrust 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals San Francisco


After major California supermarket chains agreed to pool profits to stay afloat financially during a labor strike and lockout, the attorney general filed a federal antitrust suit to enjoin the practice. Each side lost motions in the trial court and stipulated to an entry of final judgment in favor of the supermarkets.


Then the attorney general's antitrust team game-planned its appeal, which led to a circuit panel's reversal in a careful application of the...

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