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Funeral Consumers Alliance et al. v. Service Corporation International et al.(funeral industry's coffin overpricing)

Publication: Corporate Counsel

Publication Date: 01-AUG-05

Author: Dasgupta, Denali K.
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COPYRIGHT 2005 American Lawyer Media L.P.

The Funeral Consumers Alliance refuses to take high casket costs lying down. On May 2 the nonprofit watchdog group sued the country's three largest funeral home chains and a leading casket maker, charging that the defendants shut out discount retailers in violation of state and federal antitrust laws.

The suit, filed in federal court in San Francisco, objects to Batesville Casket Co.'s policy of selling coffins only to licensed funeral homes. Funeral chains Service Corporation International,...

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