This litigation is proceeding before Judge Ralph Beistline of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. It arises out of an alleged conspiracy in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 and Section 16 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 26 concerning the defendants’ activities to fix, raise, maintain and stabilize the prices of waterborne cargo shipping between the continental United States and the State of Alaska. In particular, plaintiffs allege that defendants have used coordinated increases in fees falsely represented as fuel surcharges to raise shipping fees on these routes. The defendants’ unlawful acts caused the plaintiffs and class members to pay artificially inflated prices for shipping services. The plaintiffs seek to recover these overcharges as well as to secure injunctive relief to prevent further violations of the Sherman Act. The case has been stayed until December 2011.
AlaskaOceanShippingComplaint112608.pdf 
