E&J GALLO WINS LAWSUIT AGAINST NATURAL GAS SUPPLIER

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday (Sept. 19) sided with E&J Gallo in a lawsuit against EnCana Corp., a Canadian natural gas supplier. E&J accused EnCana and others of conspiring to unlawfully raise prices of natural gas sold to the winemaker during the energy crisis in 2001. The appeals court upheld a district court ruling that had thrown out EnCana’s move to dismiss the lawsuit.

Gallo's suit seeks $30 million - the difference between what it says it should have paid and what it did pay based on fraud. EnCana has called the allegations absurd.