Ninth Circuit to review en banc grocery antitrust case

The Ninth Circuit this week agreed to review en banc a case in which a Mutual Strike Assistance Agreement entered into by four supermarket chains was held to be a violation of antitrust law.  In an opinion issued last year, a three-judge panel of the court directed the entry of summary judgment against the supermarkets, which had agreed to redistribute and share profits during a strike by unionized employees.

See our earlier coverage of the case here.