In re Wyoming Tight Sands Antitrust Cases

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SAFFELS, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the motions of plaintiff Kansas Power and Light (“KPL”) and plaintiff Kansas Gas and Electric for an order dismissing certain claims which they have asserted without prejudice, pursuant to Rule 41(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The court agrees with defendants that the more appropriate manner of dropping certain claims is by amending the complaint pursuant to Rule 15. Rule 41(a)(2) concerns voluntary dismissal of the entire action, not the dismissal of certain claims. See Smith, Kline & French Labs…