GOLDBERG v. CPC INTERN., INC.

No. C-80-1677-WWS.

495 F.Supp. 233 (1980)

Lisa P. GOLDBERG, a resident of the City and County of San Francisco, State of California, the Essential Ingredient, a California partnership; Black Kettle, Ltd., a California limited partnership; on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CPC INTERNATIONAL, INC., a corporation; A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, a corporation; Standard Brands, Inc., a corporation; American Maize-Products Company, a corporation; The Hubinger Company, a corporation; National Starch and Chemical Corporation, a corporation; Penick & Ford, Ltd., a corporation; Anheuser-Busch, Inc., a corporation and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

August 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Lovitt, J. Thomas Hannan, Lovitt & Hannan, Inc., Mark F. Anderson, E. Craig Moody, Nancy A. Nugent, Niesar, Moody, Hill, Massey & Kregstein, San Francisco, Cal., Robert L. Palmer, Martori, Meyer, Hendricks & Victor, P. C., Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiffs.

George R. Poehner, Coke & Coke, Dallas, Tex., for Standard Brands, Inc.

Donald G. McCabe, Hall, McNicol, Hamilton & Clark, New York City, for American-Maize Products Co.

Morton M. Maneker, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelson, New York City, for A. E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

Dennis McInerney, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for CPC International, Inc.

James R. Irwin, Shidler, McBroom, Gates & Baldwin, Seattle, Wash., for Penick & Ford, Ltd.

Joseph Barbash, DeBevoise, Plimpton, Lyson & Gates, New York City, for National Starch & Chemical Corp.

Harold F. Baker, Terrence C. Sheehy, Peter E. Moll, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., Timothy E. Carr, San Francisco, Cal., for Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

William Simon, Keith E. Pugh, Jr., Edward P. Henneberry, Kevin P. McEnery, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., William G. Taffe, H. J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., Robert Campbell, San Francisco, Cal., for The Hubinger Co.


MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER OF REMAND

WILLIAM W SCHWARZER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed a class action in the California state court, alleging violations of the Cartwright Act, Cal.Bus. & Prof.Code §§ 16700, et seq., and other common law torts. The substance of the allegations is that defendants engaged in price fixing and other conduct tending to stabilize prices. Named as defendants were eight corporations engaged in the production...

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