In re Polypropylene Carpet Antitrust Litigation

ORDER

HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.

This is an antitrust case in which Plaintiffs claim Defendants conspired to maintain artificially .the price of polypropylene carpet. The case is before the Court on Plaintiffs’ Consolidated Motion to Certify Class Action [18], Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to File Supplemental Brief [53], and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Submit Supplemental Authority [59].1

*6081. Background

This action consists of nearly 20 private antitrust lawsuits consolidated and transferred to this Court on October 4, 1995, by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Each lawsuit…