Legal Opinion
In re Alcoholic Beverages Litigation
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 9, 1982No. CV-81-0092PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SIFTON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, operators of a variety of liquor stores, restaurants, bars, and catering services, seek class certification under Rules 23(a) and (b)(3) to bring this antitrust action on behalf of “[a]U persons, excluding defendants, their subsidiaries, and affiliates, who purchased alcoholic beverages directly from defendants during the period December 23, 1976 through, at least, January 6, 1981.”
Defendants in this litigation are alleged to be the six major wholesale distributors of alcoholic beverages in the metropolitan New York area. The consolidated…
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