Minneapolis Star Tribune: Court to consider gasoline price-fixing case
Associated Press
June 27, 2005
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Monday it would consider whether to dismiss a lawsuit accusing ChevronTexaco Corp. and Shell Oil Co. of improperly inflating gas prices in the late 1990s.
Justices will review a lower court ruling that allowed the class-action lawsuit by 23,000 gas station owners to proceed. The lawsuit accuses Shell and Texaco of setting up two joint ventures in 1998 to illegally fix gas prices.
The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit of Appeals ruled the suit should go to trial because of evidence suggesting the venture unfairly restrained trade.