Ralston v. Volkswagenwerk, A. G.

MEMORANDUM RE CLASS ACTION ISSUES

URBOM, District Judge.

The named plaintiffs, Richard H. Ralston, Nancy Jeanne Ralston, and Patrick D. McAnany, have alleged violations by the defendants of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Specifically, the third amended complaint alleges that the multiple corporate defendants, consisting of the manufacturer, the importer, a regional distributor, and dealers of new Volkswagen automobiles, entered into a conspiracy to maintain the price of new Volkswagen vehicles at an artificially inflated level by agreements to eliminate price competition whereby…