Legal Opinion
Blades v. Monsanto Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2005No. 03-3993PublishedCited by 201 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.-
Plaintiffs/Appellants brought this case as a putative class action under sections four and fifteen of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 15 & 16, for treble the damages caused by an alleged price-fixing conspiracy in violation of section one of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Appellants appeal from the district court’s1 denial of their motion to certify two classes. We affirm.
I. Appellants’ Allegations and Procedural History
Appellants allege as follows: Monsanto wished to extract the monopoly profits it would have earned from certain genes it had patented, which could be…
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