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Coverage dated December 1, 2023

Jury orders egg suppliers to pay $17.7 million in damages for price gouging in 2000s

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A federal jury in Illinois has delivered a verdict of $17.7 million in damages to several major food manufacturing companies who sued egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the supply of eggs in the U.S. years ago.

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  1. NBC Chicago

    Jury orders egg suppliers to pay $17.7 million in damages for price gouging in 2000s (opens NBC Chicago)

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    A federal jury in Illinois has delivered a verdict of $17.7 million in damages to several major food manufacturing companies who sued egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the supply of eggs in the U.S. years ago.

  2. CBS News

    Egg suppliers ordered to pay 17.7 million by federal jury for price gouging in 2000s (opens CBS News)

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    The jury ruled last week that the egg producers used various means to limit the domestic supply of eggs to increase the price of products during the 2000s.

  3. Triblive

    Egg suppliers ordered to pay $17.7 million for price gouging in 2000s (opens Triblive)

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    INDIANAPOLIS — A federal jury in Illinois ordered $17.7 million in damages — an amount tripled to more than $53 million under federal law — to several food manufacturing companies who had sued major egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the egg supply in the U.S. The jury ruled

  4. WTHR Indianapolis

    Jury orders egg suppliers to pay $17.7 million in damages for price gouging (opens WTHR Indianapolis)

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    The ruling came Friday in a long-running lawsuit against suppliers that was filed in federal court in 2011.

  5. Fortune

    Egg producers must pay at least $18 million in damages for price gouging in 2000s that involved conspiring to limit U.S. supplies (opens Fortune)

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    According to federal antitrust law, the damages are automatically tripled, bringing the total to over $53 million.

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