Legal Opinion
In re Industrial Gas Antitrust Litigation
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 1, 1983No. 80 C 3479PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETZENDANNER, District Judge:
Plaintiffs in this antitrust action seek to represent a nationwide class of direct purchasers of industrial gas.1 Each of the thirteen plaintiffs purchased a significant amount óf gas itself. The court, on December 30, 1981, ordered class certification in part, ruling that the case could proceed as a class action with respect to certain issues, but not others. Defendants (who are the country’s five leading producers of industrial gas)2 responded to this decision with a motion asking for leave to take an interlocutory appeal. The court…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation, Manhattan-Ward, Incorporated v. Grinnell Corporation, 1225 Vine Street Building, Inc. v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Story Parchment Co. v. Paterson Parchment Paper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by21 opinions
- In re Potash Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1995
- In Re Catfish Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1993
- Lockwood Motors, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1995
- In re Workers' CompensationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1990
- Lorazepam & Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation v. Mylan Laboratories, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2001
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