Bel Air Markets v. Foremost Dairies, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

SWEIGERT, District Judge.

This is a private civil antitrust action brought by eight retail grocers in the Sacramento area as a class action against Foremost Dairies and Lucky Stores. The class proposed by the named plaintiffs consists of “those retail grocery stores in the State of California that have directly or indirectly purchased dairy products, including without limitation, fluid milk and fluid cream, from one or more of the defendants.”

The action is presently before this Court on the motions of both the plaintiffs and the defendants to determine whether this…