Legal Opinion
In Re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 8, 2009No. MDL No. 1935. Civil Action No. 1:08-MDL-1935PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER, District Judge.
Presently before the court is defendants’ motion (Doc. 588) to certify an interlocutory appeal from the memorandum and order of court (Doc. 582) dated March 4, 2009, 602 F.Supp.2d 538, (hereinafter “the March 4 Memorandum”). For the reasons that follow, the motion will be granted.
I. Procedural History and Background 1
Plaintiffs in the above-captioned matters allege that defendants conspired to fix prices in the United States market for chocolate candy in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Defendants allegedly implemented three…
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