In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation

*191MEMORANDUM RE: Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification

Baylson, J.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction ... 193

II. Overview of Summary Judgment Opinion ... 195

III. Proposed Class and Class Certification Standard ... 195

A. Standing ... 196

1. L & W Purchasers ... 196

2. New Deal Lumber .. .197

i. New Deal’s ownership interest in PRSCO does not confer Direct Purchaser standing ... 197

ii. PRSCO validly assigned its claims to New Deal, and as a result, New Deal has standing to pursue its claims ... 197

B. Rule 23(a) Prerequisites ... 198

1. Numerosity ... 198

*1922. Commonality ... 198

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