Legal Opinion

In re Pool Products Distribution Market Antitrust Litigation

District Court, E.D. Louisiana

Decided December 18, 2013No. MDL No. 2328PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO ALL DIRECT-PURCHASER PLAINTIFF CASES

ORDER AND REASONS

SARAH S. VANCE, District Judge.

All of the defendants move to dismiss the direct purchaser plaintiffs’ claims of a per se illegal horizontal conspiracy and fraudulent concealment.1 Defendants Pool Corporation, SCP Distributors LLC, and Superior Pool Products (collectively “Pool”) jointly filed one motion, and manufacturer defendants Hayward Industries, Inc., Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Inc., and Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc. (collectively “Manufacturer Defendants”) jointly filed a second motion. For the following…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Ashcroft v. IqbalSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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  4. Burtch v. Milberg Factors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
  5. American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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