Legal Opinion
In Re Compact Disc Minimum Advertised Price Antitrust Litigation
District Court, D. Maine
Decided October 2, 2006No. MDL 1361PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order on Pending Motions
HORNBY, District Judge.
I. Introduction
The Multidistrict Litigation Panel transferred these two lawsuits here because of the pendency of MDL No. 1361 (In re Compact Disc Litigation). All defendants have moved to dismiss both complaints.
I Grant the motions to dismiss all the federal claims for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted (05-cv-118, Counts I — III, V-VII). 1 That dismissal is with prejudice. I Grant the Lawyer defendants’ motion to dismiss all the remaining claims against them on grounds of abstention. That dismissal is without prejudice,…
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