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Chickens stand in their cage at the Rose Acre Farms, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. A federal jury in Illinois delivered $17.7 million in damages to several major food manufacturing companies who had sued major egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the supply of eggs in the U.S. in a lawsuit originally filed 12 years ago, according to attorneys representing the companies. The damages verdict was reached Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Jury orders egg suppliers to pay $17.7 million in damages for price gouging in 2000s

By Isabella Volmert - Associated Press

Chickens stand in their cage at the Rose Acre Farms, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. An Illinois jury ruled Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, that several major egg producers, including Rose Acre Farms, conspired to limit the U.S.'s supply of eggs in order to raise prices in a lawsuit first filed 12 years ago. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

U.S. egg producers conspired to fix prices from 2004 to 2008, a federal jury ruled this week

By Isabella Volmert - Associated Press