In Re Minolta Camera Products Antitrust Litigation

WALTER E. BLACK, Jr., District Judge.

Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia (“the States”), acting as parens patriae on behalf of their resident consumers, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 15c(a)(l), initiated the instant antitrust actions. The States of New York and Maryland filed their Complaints on February 24,1986, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania filed its Complaint on April 11, 1986. After the filing of these initial Complaints, extensive settlement negotiations ensued between counsel for Minolta Corporation (“Minolta”) and counsel for these three States. These negotiations proved to…