Legal Opinion
In Re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 21, 2010No. MDL No. 1935. Civil Action No. 1:08-MDL-1935PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER, District Judge.
This multidistrict matter arises from defendants’ alleged attempts to fix the price of chocolate confectionary products in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, various state antitrust, consumer protection, and unfair competition statutes, and in contravention of the common law of several states. Plaintiffs consist of both direct and indirect purchasers of the products in question. One subset of plaintiffs is a putative class of indirect end users (hereinafter, the “IEU plaintiffs”): individuals that purchased defendants’…
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