Legal Opinion
In re Quaker Oats Maple & Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal Marketing & Sales Practices Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided June 2, 2016No. MDL No. 2718PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING TRANSFER
Sarah S. Vance, Chair
Before the Panel:* Plaintiff in the Northern District of Illinois action moves under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize pretrial proceedings in this litigation in the Northern District of Illinois. This litigation concerns whether Quaker Oats Maple and Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal products1 actually contain maple syrup or maple sug*1350ar. Plaintiffs motion encompasses the three actions in three districts listed on Schedule A, as well as a potential tag-along action pending in the Northern District of Illinois.
No party opposes centralization. Plaintiffs in the…
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