- Graphic Packaging International has been dismissed from the containerboard price-fixing lawsuit that New York-based Artuso Pastry Foods Corp. filed against eight of the largest fiber product producers in North America, according to court documents.
- Judge Mary M. Rowland of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Sept. 25 granted Artuso’s request to voluntarily dismiss GPI. Each party will handle its own attorney fees and related costs.
- The documents note the case will continue against the other defendants, which include Cascades, Georgia-Pacific, Greif, International Paper, Packaging Corporation of America, Pratt Industries and Smurfit Westrock.
Graphic Packaging International dismissed from containerboard price-fixing lawsuit | Packaging Dive
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