State of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Appellant v. New Jersey Trade Waste Association, Defendants, and Lawrence…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that the indictments against the garbage‑collection conspirators were not duplicitous and that the grand jury had sufficient evidence to find a single antitrust conspiracy, including the Tomae transaction. Accordingly, the court reversed the lower courts' dismissals and reinstated the indictments. The decision relied on a total‑of‑circumstances analysis to determine that the alleged extortion act was part of the same restraint‑of‑trade scheme.