In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation

*875 OPINION

GENE E.K. PRATTER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Indirect purchasers1 of domestic eggs and egg products charge producers of those goods, and the producers’ trade groups, with conspiring to manipulate the supply of, and thereby fix prices for, domestically-sold eggs and egg products. The Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Second Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint (hereinafter, the “IPSAC”)2 alleges violations of federal and state law. The 22 state jurisdictions at issue geographically reach considerably farther than a rooster’s most vigorous crows can be heard. In total, the IPSAC…