In re Pool Products Distribution Market Antitrust Litigation

*660ORDER AND REASONS

SARAH S. VANCE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Defendants Pool Corporation, SCP Distributors LLC, and Superior Pool Products (collectively, “Pool”), move to exclude the testimony of Dr. Gordon C. Rausser, an expert for the Direct-Purchaser Plaintiffs (DPPs).1 The Court has reviewed the parties’ submissions and has heard oral argument on the motion. For the following reasons, the Court grants defendants’ motion in part and denies it in part.

I. BACKGROUND

This is an antitrust case that direct-purchaser plaintiffs (DPPs) and indirect-purchaser plaintiffs (IPPs) filed against Pool…