DALLAS — A federal appeals court Friday reinstated an antitrust suit against Dean Foods that alleges the Dallas company conspired to drive up milk prices.
All five counts of the suit, filed by grocery chain Food Lion and others, had been dismissed in summary judgments by a district court, the Dallas Morning News reported.
Court documents indicate Dean Foods was acquired in 2001 by Suiza, the nation's largest milk bottler. At the time, Dean got most of its milk from independent farmers, while Suiza got a large portion of its milk from a subsidiary partially owned by the Dairy Farmers Association.
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