Southern District of Ohio Judge Herman Weber has imposed $9 million dollar fines on Home City Ice Co. and Artic Glacier International for conspiring to fix the price for prepackaged ice in the Detroit area. The fines constitute a significant reduction from the sentencing guidelines in response to the parties cooperation with the investigation. Reddy Ice Holdings is a third defendant. Home City has also agreed to settle civil claims brought in a multi-district litigation in an Eastern District of Michigan court for $13.5 million. The other defendants maintain that direct purchasers are not entitled to class treatment. Indirect purchaser claims also loom for all defenants.