In re Text Messaging Antitrust Litigation

*792 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MATTHEW F. KENNELLY, District Judge:

Plaintiffs filed this suit on behalf of all those who purchased text-messaging services on a fee-per-text-message basis directly from four of the five defendants in this case: AT & T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless. Plaintiffs allege that these national wireless communications service providers, along with defendant CTIA-The Wireless Association, entered into and implemented a continuing contract, combination, and conspiracy to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize prices for Text Messaging Services sold in the United…