In re Multidistrict Vehicle Air Pollution

ELR Citation: ELR 20638
No(s). s. 74-1706 et al (9th Cir. Jun 7, 1976)

The court dismisses consolidated antitrust suits by 22 states and other localities and individuals challenging the auto companies' and their trade association's alleged 16-year conspiracy to eliminate competition in the development of automobile antipollution technology. In 1969, in a government sui...