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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Constellation Brands, Inc.
Current Parent Company: Constellation Brands
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Penalty: $153,333
Year: 2006
Date: October 30, 2006
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: price-fixing or anti-competitive practices
Violation Description: The New York Attorney General announced that 15 large wine and liquor suppliers would pay a total of $2.3 million in fines and costs to resolve allegations that they engaged in illegal marketing practices that harmed smaller retailers, bars and restaurants. The announcement did not specify how the amount would be divided among the companies. Here we assume it was split evenly among them.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: New York Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: New York
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: beverages
Specific Industry of Current Parent: beverages
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