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Topic: Texaco

Announced Actions for May 31, 2005

Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Date: 31 May 2005
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Commission authorization of amicus brief filing: The Commission has authorized the filing of a joint amicus brief with the U.S. Department of Justice in the matter of Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher, Nos. 04-805, 04-814 (U.S. S. Ct.). The brief, which is available on the FTC’s Web site as a link to this press release, concerns a case in which the Ninth Circuit held that it would be a per se violation of the Sherman Act for two parent entities of a joint venture to equalize prices for the two brands of gasoline being sold by the joint venture. The Commission vote authorizing the filing of the joint amicus brief was 4-0-1, with Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras recused. (FTC File No. P052103; the staff contact is John F. Daly, Office of General Counsel, 202-326-2244.)

Copies of the documents mentioned in this release are available from the FTC’s Web site at http://www.ftc.gov and also from the FTC’s Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580. Call toll-free: 1-877-FTC-HELP.

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