Ky. AG files antitrust suit against Marathon Petroleum

Published May 21, 2015 3:29pm ET



FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) – The state of Kentucky filed a lawsuit against a major gasoline company claiming anticompetitive practices that drove up the price of fuel in the state compared to bordering states.

Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway filed the lawsuit on May 12 against Marathon Petroleum in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky alleging the company has a 90 to 95 percent market share of gasoline sales in the state.

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