Legal Opinion
In Re Motorsports Merchandise Antitrust Litigation
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided September 14, 2000No. MDL 1212, No. CIV.A. 1:97CV2314TWTPublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
THRASH, District Judge.
This is a consolidated class action antitrust case transferred to this Court by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Plaintiffs represent a class of purchasers of Defendants’ merchandise. They allege a combination and conspiracy among Defendants to fix prices. The Court held a hearing on August 25, 2000, and verbally granted Plaintiffs’ Motion for Final Approval of Proposed Class Action Settlements [Doc. 251]. This Order is entered to explain in detail the Court’s reasons for approving the settlements.
/. BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs, individually and on behalf…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Cotton v. HintonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Alabama v. Blue Bird Body Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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