In re Rubber Chemicals Antitrust Litigation

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

JENKINS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Rule 23 motion for class certification in this multi-district litigation arising from an alleged conspiracy by Defendants to fix the prices of the chemicals used in the manufacture of tires and other rubber products. Plaintiffs seek certification of the following class:

All persons (excluding government entities, defendants, and the present or former parents, predecessors, subsidiaries and affiliates of the foregoing) which purchased rubber chemicals in the United States…