In re Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER RE: SUMMARY JUDGMENT

JACK ZOUHARY, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

More than four years have passed since law enforcement authorities on two continents executed raids of some of the world’s largest manufacturers of flexible polyurethane foam, on suspicion that some or all of the raided firms were active in a price-fixing conspiracy. Details of the search warrant and affidavit used in" the United States raids became known after an inadvertent public filing on a federal court docket.

Dozens of lawsuits followed, filed by direct arid indirect purchasers of foam products,…