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State files treble-damages milk price fixing suit
Attorney General Edward Brooke filed a civil action against H P Hood Sons United Farmers of New England and National Dairy Products Corp alleging a conspiracy to fix and inflate milk prices for the state 34 eastern Massachusetts communities and government agencies Whiting Milk Co named as a co conspirator the suit claims about 49 million in annual milk sales in the area and covers conduct from 1956 to 1959 tied to bids at exclusive clubs in Boston with substantial sums due to state agencies and communities yet to be precisely determined
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Boston
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
Massachsetts
H.P. Hood & Sons, Inc
United Farmers of New England, Inc
National Dairy Products Corp
Massachusetts
Whiting Milk Co. Inc
Brooke
Hood
United Farmers
U.S. District Court
Harvard Club
University Club
Union Club