Legal Opinion
In re Anthracite Coal Antitrust Litigation
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 26, 1978No. MDL No. 293; Civ. A. No. 77-867PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MUIR, Judge.
I. Introduction.
This antitrust action brought by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the Commonwealth or Pennsylvania) against the Defendants alleges that the Defendant anthracite coal companies between 1961 and 1977 fixed the price and supply of anthracite coal in violation of the antitrust laws of the United States. This case is one of several which have been transferred to the undersigned judge for consolidated pre-trial proceedings. In this Court’s pre-trial order of September 30, 1977, the Court directed that discovery be completed on all class issues by December 23,…
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