Press Releases
Press releases issued by the Antitrust Division from 1976 through 2008 are found in this section of the site.
To find releases published beginning in 2009, please visit the Antitrust Division Press Releases page.
1977 Press Releases
May
May 3, 1977
Federal Grand Jury in Syracuse, New York, Indicted Ten Corporations and Five Individuals on Charges of Conspiring to Fix Brokerage Commissions Charged in the Sale of Residential Real Estate in Onondaga County, New York
May 6, 1977
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging the California Automated Clearing House Association with Unlawfully Restricting Access to its Facilities
April
April 22, 1977
Federal Grand Jury Indicted Three Arkansas Dairies and Two of their Officials on Price-Fixing and Bid-Rigging Charges
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging the Rocky Mountain Automated Clearing House Association with Unlawfully Restricting Access to its Facilities
April 1, 1977
Federal Grand Jury Indicted Six Real Estate Brokerage Firms and The Presidents of Three of them on Charges of Conspiring to Raise Commission Rates on Sales of Residential Real Estate in Montgomery County, Maryland
March
March 16, 1977
Federal Grand Jury in Miami, Florida Indicted Six Portable Toilet Companies, Two Individuals, and their Local Trade Association for Conspiring to Fix the Rental Price for Portable Outdoor Toilets in South Florida
February
February 18, 1977
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging Two Texas Trade Associations with Conspiring to fix the Rates For Interstate Truck Transportation
February 17, 1977
Federal Grand Jury in New York Indicted the Wholesale Tobacco Distributors of New York Inc on Charges of Conspiring with its Members to Fix Wholesale Cigarette Prices in Violation of Section 1 of The Sherman Act
February 14, 1977
Department of Justice Filed a Civil Antitrust Suit Charging the Illinois Podiatry Society, Inc. (IPS) with Restricting Fee Competition
February 3, 1977
Federal Grand Jury Indicted Pan American World Airways, Trans World Airlines and Lufthansa German Airlines for Conspiring to Fix the Price of a Military Excursion Fare Applicable to Travel between the United States and Germany by U.S. Military Personnel on Leave and their Dependents
