In Re Lawnmower Engine Horsepower Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the entire Panel: Plaintiffs in all three actions have jointly moved, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings of this litigation in the District of New Jersey. All responding defendants agree that centralization is appropriate. Defendant MTD Products, Inc., supports centralization in the District of New Jersey, while the nine other responding defendants 1 suggest centralization in the Southern District of Illinois or, alternatively, the Northern District of Illinois.

This litigation presently…