In Re Sulfuric Acid Antitrust Litigation

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.

I

INTRODUCTION AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND

For a variety of psychological and perfectly sound institutional reasons, motions for reconsideration are viewed with a measure of skepticism. But, even though generally disfavored, Bank of Waunakee v. Rochester Cheese Sales, Inc., 906 F.2d 1185, 1191 (7th Cir.1990); Quaker Alloy Casting Co. v. Gulfco Industries, Inc., 123 F.R.D. 282, 288 (N.D.Ill.1988)(Shadur, J.), motions for reconsideration can serve a valuable function by helping, under appropriate circumstances, to ensure judicial…