Sioux Erosion Control employee denied acquittal in US price-fixing case
( September 28, 2026, 15:54 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Sioux Erosion Control employee Randall David Shelton failed to convince a US federal judge to grant an acquittal in an antitrust case brought by the Department of Justice over his participation in a price-fixing conspiracy over publicly-funded transportation construction contracts across Oklahoma. “While a reasonable jury might have believed that Defendant Shelton was merely an employee performing duties he was assigned, that same reasonable jury could – and did – find that Defendant Shelton had knowingly joined the conspiracy,” District Judge Bernard M. Jones said. See attached file. ...
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