Westmoreland Farm Dairy, Inc. v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

I. OVERVIEW

The Panel, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, previously transferred several actions in this litigation to the Western District of Missouri and, with the consent of that court, assigned them to the Honorable John W. Oliver for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings.1

A. Westmoreland

The first of the above-captioned actions (Westmoreland) was brought in the Southern District of Texas on April 19, 1974, by Westmoreland Farm Dairy, Inc. (Westmoreland), a purchaser and marketer of milk. Defendants are Associated Milk Producers, Inc. (AMPI), a large milk marketing…