In re Dental Supplies & Equipment Antitrust Litig.

SARAH S. VANCE, Chair

Before the Panel:* Defendants Benco Dental Supply Company (Benco) and Patterson Companies, Inc. (Patterson) move under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize pretrial proceedings in this litigation in the Eastern District of New York. This litigation consists of thirty-six actions-thirty-five actions pending in the Eastern District of New York and one action pending in the Eastern District of Texas-as listed on Schedule A.1 Plaintiff in the Texas action, Archer and White Sales, Inc. (Archer) opposes centralization. No other parties responded to the motion.

On the basis of the…