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INFORMATION
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DEFENDANT TAMPICO FIBER CO-CONSPIRATORS DISTRICT CHARGES ATTORNEY MAYER CONSPIRACY EASTERN DISTRICT PENNSYLVANIA SALES FOREIGN TRADE COMMERCE PRICES MEXICO ACT TRANSACTION OFFENSE INTERSTATE ALLOCATE RESALE DIRECTORS NATURAL VEGETABLE FIBER LECHUGUILLA PLANT DESERTS WORLDWIDE PRODUCTION CONSUMER BRUSHES |
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )) Criminal No.: 96-232
v. )) Filed: [5/30/96]
A&L MAYER ASSOCIATES, INC. )) 15 U.S.C. § 1
Defendant. ) Judge: Dalzell
INFORMATION
The United States of America, acting through its attorneys,
charges:
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DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFENSE
1. A&L Mayer Associates, Inc. (Mayer Associates), is made
a defendant on the charge stated below.
2. Beginning at least as early as January 1990 and
continuing thereafter to at least April 1995, the exact dates
being unknown to the United States, defendant Mayer Associates
and co-conspirators entered into and participated in a
combination and conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition
for the sale of tampico fiber in the United States in
unreasonable restraint of interstate and foreign trade and
commerce.
3. The charged combination and conspiracy consisted of a
continuing agreement, understanding and concert of action among
the defendant and co-conspirators, the substantial terms of which
were to fix the prices and allocate sales of tampico fiber
imported into and sold in the United States.
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COMPETITIVE IMPACT STATEMENT
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EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DEFENDANTS TAMPICO FIBER UNITED STATES SALES VIOLATION SHERMAN ACT ANTITRUST MAYER ENTRY COMPLAINT DISTRIBUTORS PRICES CIVIL COMPETITION PROCEEDING COMPLIANCE EASTERN DISTRICT PENNSYLVANIA COMPLAINT ALLEGES AGREEMENT RESALE PRICES CRIMINAL INFORMATION CO-CONSPIRATORS ANTITRUST COMPLIANCE OFFICER CONSPIRACY EMPLOYEES PLAINTIFF ANTITRUST PROCEDURES CUSTOMERS |
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) )
Plaintiff, )[filed 5-30-96]
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v. ) Civil Action No.
) 96CV-4044
A&L MAYER ASSOCIATES, INC.; )
A&L MAYER, INC.; and )
FIBRAS SALTILLO, S.A. DE C.V., )
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Defendants. )
COMPETITIVE IMPACT STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act ("APPA"), 15 U.S.C.
§ 16(b), the United States files this Competitive Impact Statement relating to the proposed final
judgment as to United States v. A&L Mayer Associates, Inc., et al., submitted for entry in this
civil antitrust proceeding.
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NATURE AND PURPOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS
On May 30, 1996, the United States filed a civil antitrust complaint alleging that under
Section 4 of the Sherman Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. § 4, the above-named defendants
combined and conspired with others from at least as early as January 1990 to April 1995, to
lessen and eliminate competition in the sale of tampico fiber in the United States, in violation of
Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. A companion criminal information against A&L
Mayer Associates, Inc. was filed on May 30, 1996. The civil complaint alleges that as part of the
conspiracy, the defendants and co-conspirators among other things:
(a) fixed the prices at which tampico fiber was imported into the United States;
(b) fixed the resale prices for tampico fiber charged by their exclusive United States
distributors; and
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