Law360, New York (April 21, 2009, 12:00 AM ET) -- A restaurant supplier has accused a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corp. of mounting a price-fixing conspiracy with a packaging manufacturer to drive up the cost of tomato cans.
In a suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, tomato packer Stanislaus Food Products Co. accused steelmaker USS-Posco Industries of engaging in a vertical price-fixing scheme with a can manufacturer, conspiring to form an unlawful trust that restrained steel and tin trade.
Stanislaus, whose tomato products are sold only to restaurants, filed...
Tomato Packer Hits Steel Co. With Price-Fixing Suit
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