In re Fresh Dairy Products Antitrust Litigation (no. III)

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

Sarah S. Vance, Chair

Before the Panel:* Plaintiffs in an action (Winn-Dixie) pending in the Middle District of Florida move under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize the four actions listed on the.attached Schedule A in the Southern District of Illinois. The other three actions are pending in the Southern District of Illinois, and have been consolidated for all purposes. Responding defendants oppose centralization,1 as do plaintiffs in the Illinois actions.

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This antitrust litigation is before the Panel for the third time, albeit in a somewhat different form. In its first…