Pacific Auto Rental Corp. v. Hertz Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

The Panel previously centralized several actions in this litigation in the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings before the Honorable Charles B. Renfrew. In re Airport Car Rental Antitrust Litigation, 448 F.Supp. 273 (Jud.Pan.Mult.Lit.1978) (MDL-338 actions). Plaintiffs in the MDL-338 actions include Dollar Rent A Car System (Dollar), Budget Rent A Car System, Inc. (Budget System), Budget Rent A Car Corp. (the latter two collectively referred to as Budget parties), and various Budget franchises. Plaintiff in one MDL-338 action…