Legal Opinion
Bromine Antitrust Litigation
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided September 28, 2001No. Nos. IP 99-9310-C-B/S, MDL No. 1310PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER CERTIFYING CLASS AND PRELIMINARILY APPROVING PARTIAL SETTLEMENT
BARKER, District Judge.
On January 14, 2000, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred to this court for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings a number of antitrust actions against various bromine producers, including Great Lakes Chemical Corp. (“Great Lakes”), Dead Sea Bromine Company, Ltd. (“Dead Sea”), and Ameribrom, Inc. (“Ameribrom”).1 Named Plaintiffs, American Fire Retardant Corp. (“American Fire Retardant” or “AFR”) and General Foam Corporation (“General Foam”) ask the Court to certify a…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- City of Boerne v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- In Re: The Prudential Insurance Company Of America Sales Practices LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
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- Morris v. Wachovia Securities, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2004
- Fisher v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 2003
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