Legal Opinion

In Re Plywood Antitrust Litigation

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided June 10, 1974No. 159PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

2Per curiam

This litigation involves an alleged conspiracy within the plywood industry to fix the price of softwood plywood. Plaintiffs in each of the eight actions before the Panel are purchasers of softwood plywood and they charge the defendant plywood producers with violations of federal antitrust laws. All the actions contain Rule 23 allegations purporting to represent large classes of direct and indirect purchasers of softwood plywood. Several defendant producers move the Panel for an order transferring all the actions to the Eastern District of Louisiana for coordinated or…

3Cases cited1 opinion

In Re Equity Funding Corp. of America Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974

4Cited by6 opinions

In Re Plywood Antitrust Litigation. French Quarter Apartments, Ltd. v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation v. Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P. C., Movants-Appellees. Willamette Industries, Inc. v. Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P. C., Movants-Appellees. Lyman Lamb Co. v. Georgia-Pacific CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
In re Plywood Anti-trust LitigationDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1976
In Re the Regents of the University of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
In Re Sugar Industry Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
In Re Folding Carton Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1976

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