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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: El Paso Corporation
Current Parent Company: Kinder Morgan
Penalty: $10,000,000
Year: 2017
Date: August 9, 2017
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: El Paso agreed to pay $10 million to settle its role in litigation involving a conspiracy to raise the price of natural gas in Kansas and Missouri.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: District of Nevada
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 2:03cv1431
Case Name: In re: Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation (MDL 1566)
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Texas
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: pipelines
Specific Industry of Current Parent: pipelines
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