Minersville Coal, Co v. Anthracite Export Ass'n

OPINION

MUIR, District Judge.

The question before the Court is whether to grant plaintiffs’ renewed motion for an order that this action be maintained as a class action. The motion will be denied.

In 1968, 64 plaintiffs, all of whom are members of the Independent Miners and Associates (IMA), filed the original complaint. They charged the defendants with a combination to monopolize sales of anthracite to the U.S. Army in West Germany in violation of the Sherman and Clayton Acts.1 The damages claimed exceed $10,000,000.

In 1970 an amended complaint was filed in which the number of plaintiffs is 18.

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