The Justice Department gained court approval of its move to drop charges against Koch Foods and Claxton Poultry Farms for alleged criminal price-fixing in the poultry business.
The voluntary dismissal is the latest twist in the division’s crusade against alleged price fixing in the chicken industry.
Dropping charges against the two corporate defendants was “not contrary to manifest public interest,” the DOJ’s antitrust division said in its motion that was approved Sept. 22 by Judge Raymond P. Moore of the US District Court for the District of Colorado.
“In an effort to conserve the resources of the Court, the parties, ...
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