Legal Opinion
Romero v. Philip Morris Incorporated
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided February 8, 2005No. 24,034PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUTIN, Judge.
{1} We have here first impression issues for New Mexico relating to certification of an indirect (consumer) purchaser antitrust (price-fixing) class action. Defendant cigarette manufacturers appeal from an order certifying a statewide class of all consumers who bought Defendants’ cigarettes during an approximate seven-year period.
{2} Plaintiffs allege Defendants violated the New Mexico Antitrust Act, NMSA 1978, §§ 57-1-1 to -17 (1979, as amended through 1987), by entering into a conspiracy to inflate them cigarette list price increases to wholesalers and distributors.…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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