Legal Opinion
Angason v. Alaska Packers Ass'n
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided January 6, 1978No. MDL No. 249; No. C76-884-MPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*624OPINION AND ORDER CONCERNING CERTIFICATION OF A CLASS
FITZGERALD, District Judge.
Before this court is a motion by the named plaintiffs in the above-captioned action to maintain this private antitrust action on behalf of a class of commercial fishermen in the Bristol Bay, Alaska, salmon fishery. For the reasons to be stated, the requested class is certified and this action shall proceed as a class action pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3).
I. BACKGROUND
This action was originally filed in the District of Alaska. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, it was subsequently transferred to the Western District…
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