Legal Opinion
In re Urethane Antitrust Litigation
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided December 18, 2012No. MDL No. 1616; Case No. 04-1616-JWLPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. LUNGSTRUM, District Judge.
In this multi-district class action, plaintiffs allege that remaining defendant Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”) conspired with other manufacturers to fix prices for certain urethane chemical products in violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. This matter presently comes before the Court on Dow’s motion for summary judgment (Doc. # 2402). For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies the motion for summary judgment in its entirety.1
I. Background
In this litigation, the Court has consolidated two sets of cases relating to different…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Holmberg v. ArmbrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
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