In Re Arizona Beverage Co. Products Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the entire Panel: Common defendants Hornell Brewing Co., Inc.; Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons; and Arizona Beverage Co., LLC, have moved, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, to centralize this litigation in the District of New Jersey. This litigation currently consists of three actions pending in that district, the Southern District of California, and the Southern District of Florida, respectively, as listed on Schedule A.

Plaintiffs in all three actions oppose centralization. If the Panel nevertheless orders centralization, plaintiffs in the…