In Re West Coast Bakery Flour Antitrust Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

This litigation consists of two treble damage antitrust actions, one in the Northern District of California and the other in the Western District of Washington, against several flour milling companies. Plaintiffs are commercial bakeries which purchased flour from the defendants. Several of the defendants move the Panel for an order transferring the California action to the Western District of Washington for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. Plaintiffs and a defendant only in the California action oppose transfer of that action to…