In re Tableware Antitrust Litigation

ORDER

WALKER, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs in these consolidated cases allege that May Department Stores Co. (“May”) and Federated Department Stores, Inc (“Federated”), which operate department stores across the United States, and Lenox, Inc (“Lenox”) and Waterford Wedgwood, USA (“Waterford”), both of which produce fine tableware sold in the United States, conspired with one another to boycott Bed, Bath and Beyond, a competitor of May and Federated. Plaintiffs bring suit under § 1 of the Sherman Act, alleging that defendants’ conduct is condemned per se. By separate order, the court has denied…