OXBOW CARBON & MINERALS LLC et al v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY et al

  1. March 05, 2024

    Rail Giants Get Some Docs Kept Out Of Fuel Surcharge MDL

    A D.C. federal judge has kept more than two dozen key documents out of a long-running multidistrict litigation accusing the country's four largest railroad companies of a fuel surcharge price-fixing scheme while permitting at least portions of over a dozen others that didn't qualify for an exclusion afforded discussions about shared traffic.

  2. May 30, 2019

    Oxbow, Union Pacific, BNSF Reach Deal In Antitrust Row

    Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC and railroad giants Union Pacific Railroad Co. and BNSF Railway Co. have agreed to dismiss three claims in an antitrust dispute that alleges the railroad companies conspired to fix shipping prices. 

  3. September 10, 2018

    Union Pacific, BNSF Can't Halt Antitrust Suit, Oxbow Says

    Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC told a D.C. federal court Friday to deny a bid by several railroad giants to pause a price-fixing suit alleging the companies fixed fuel surcharge prices, saying they have not shown that the suit will cause any hardship or prejudice.

  4. August 27, 2018

    Union Pacific, BNSF Seek Stay In Fuel Price Antitrust Suit

    Union Pacific and BNSF asked a D.C. federal court Friday to pause a price-fixing suit alleging the railroad giants conspired to fix fuel surcharge prices, saying that multidistrict litigation proceeding against them has similar issues that should be ruled on first.

  5. September 11, 2017

    Koch Must Turn Over Docs In Rail Antitrust Suit, Judge Rules

    A D.C. federal magistrate on Monday ordered Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC CEO William Koch to produce files in his company's anti-competitive conduct case against Union Pacific and BNSF, rejecting arguments that the railroads' discovery requests were overly burdensome and wouldn't reveal enough relevant information to justify the cost of producing them.

  6. March 02, 2017

    Koch Docs Not Relevant In Antitrust Suit, Oxbow Says

    Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC asked a D.C. federal court on Wednesday to deny a bid by Union Pacific and BNSF to force Oxbow’s CEO William Koch to produce files in an anti-competitive conduct case, arguing the railroads could not demonstrate that the requested documents would not simply duplicate information already being handed over.

  7. February 22, 2017

    Rail Giants Seek Koch Docs To Defend Against Antitrust Suit

    Union Pacific and BNSF asked a D.C. federal court Wednesday to force William Koch, CEO of Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC, to produce documents that the railway companies claim will undermine key allegations made by Oxbow in its price-fixing suit against them.

  8. February 24, 2015

    Union Pacific, BNSF Can't Duck Oxbow's Price-Fixing Suit

    A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid to dismiss a revived price-fixing suit brought by billionaire Bill Koch's Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC against Union Pacific Railroad Co. and BNSF Railway Co., ruling that Oxbow sufficiently stated a claim on all counts.

  9. January 08, 2015

    Union Pacific, BNSF Knock Revived Fuel Price-Fixing Suit

    Union Pacific Railroad Co. and BNSF Railway Co. urged a Washington federal judge Thursday to drop a rebooted suit from a group of mining companies alleging the railroads conspired to fix fuel surcharges, saying the miners had provided no new evidence.

  10. February 26, 2013

    Union Pacific, BNSF Dodge Oxbow's Price-Fixing Suit

    A Washington federal judge on Tuesday threw out an antitrust suit brought by Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC and others that accuses Union Pacific Railroad Co. and BNSF Railway Co. of price-fixing, finding the plaintiffs haven't alleged adequate facts to support their case.

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