Legal Opinion
Meredith v. Mid-Atlantic Coca Cola Bottling Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 29, 1989No. Civ. A. Nos. 89-00302-R, 89-00525-RPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
On December 8, 1989 this matter came before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Motions for Class Certification pursuant to Fed.R. Civ.P. 23(b)(3). The matter had been fully briefed and argued and was ripe for disposition. Jurisdiction is based on 15 U.S.C. §§ 15 and 26 and 28 U.S.C. § 1337.
These cases stem from an alleged price-fixing conspiracy between certain Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola Bottling Companies that operated from approximately 1982 until 1985. James Harford, President of Mid-Atlantic, was convicted of illegal price-fixing in May 1988. Mid-Atlantic itself pled…
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