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Article: Lockyer leads challenge to chains' mutual aid pact.
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 16, 2004
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The mystery surrounding the major supermarket chains' secret mutual aid agreement continues, and the veil is not likely to be lifted soon.
Six months after its creation, three months after the chains admitted its existence and nearly two months after the document was grudgingly handed over to Bill Lockyer, the California attorney general in early February filed suit against the region's major supermarket chains, alleging that their agreement violates state and federal antitrust laws.
Still, state law prohibits Lockyer's office from disclosing materials received pursuant to an investigative subpoena, said Tom Dresslar, the attorney general's spokesman.
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