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Carbon
Brushes and Carbon
Collectors Antitrust Class Action
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| Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, with co-counsel,
represents the City and County of San Francisco in an antitrust
class action lawsuit on behalf of all individuals and entities
in the United States since January 1, 1990, that purchased
carbon brushes and carbon collectors (collectively, "electric
carbon products") directly from defendants Morganite,
Inc., and The Morgan Crucible Company plc. The lawsuit was
filed January 14, 2003, in federal court in San Francisco,
California. |
| Carbon
brushes are used to transfer electrical current in direct
current motors by acting as the rubbing contacts for electrical
connectors in the motors. Automobiles, battery electric
vehicles, and public transit vehicles use direct current
motors. Vehicles that are not independently powered use
carbon collectors to transfer electric current from wires
or rails. |
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back to January 1, 1990, the City and County of San Francisco
alleges that defendants and their co-conspirators conspired
to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the prices
of (a) carbon brushes sold to transit authorities sold in
the United States and elsewhere; (b) current collectors
sold to transit authorities and private customers; (c) carbon
brushes sold to original equipment manufacturers for automotive
applications; and (d) carbon brushes sold to original equipment
manufacturers for battery electric vehicle applications. |
| Plaintiff alleges that the conspiracy engaged in by defendants
and their co-conspirators was an unreasonable restraint
of interstate and foreign trade and commerce in violation
of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and
constituted fraudulent concealment. |
| Individuals, public agencies and other entities that
have
purchased carbon brushes and carbon collectors directly
from Morganite, Inc., and The Morgan Crucible Company plc
that wish to contact a Lieff Cabraser attorney concerning
this litigation should click
here. |
| Lieff
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since 1972. We have offices in San Francisco, New York
and Nashville. We represent plaintiffs in class and
group actions and in individual lawsuits in cases involving
substantial losses. For the last five years, the National
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Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs' law firms in
the nation. |
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