IN RE LINERBOARD ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 01-4535.

305 F.3d 145 (2002)

In Re: LINERBOARD ANTITRUST LITIGATION WINOFF INDUSTRIES, INC. v. STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION; Jefferson Smurfit Corp.; Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.; International Paper Co.; Georgia Pacific Corp.; Weyerhaeuser Paper Co.; Temple-Inland Inc.;* Gaylord Container Corp.; * Union Camp Corp.; Simpson Tacoma Kraft Co.; Tenneco, Inc.; Tenneco Packaging; Packaging Corporation of America General Refractories Company, on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Stone Container Corporation Stone Container Corporation, Jefferson Smurfit Corp., Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., International Paper Co., Georgia Pacific Corp., Weyerhaeuser Paper Co., Temple-Inland, Inc.,* Gaylord Container Corp.,* Union Camp Corp., Tenneco, Inc., Tenneco Packaging and Packaging Corporation of America, Appellants (* Amended per Clerk's Order dated 2/5/02)

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed: September 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Starr (argued), Christopher Landau, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Grant M. Dixton, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Appellants International Paper Company, Union Camp Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company, Gaylord Container Corporation, Tenneco, Inc., Tenneco Packaging and Packing Corporation of America.

Barbara W. Mather (argued), Pepper, Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Jefferson-Smurfit Corp., Stone Container Corp. and Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.

Steven J. Harper, Steven C. Seeger, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Daniel B. Huyett, Matthew W. Rappleye, Stevens & Lee, Reading, PA, for Appellants International Paper Company and Union Camp Corporation.

Douglas J. Kurtenbach, James H. Schink, Timothy A. Duffy, Barak S. Echols, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Ralph G. Wellington, Sherry Swirsky, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Weyerhaeuser Company, Gaylord Container Corporation, Tenneco, Inc., Tenneco Packaging and Packaging Corporation of America.

Edward M. Posner, Paul H. Saint-Antoine, Isabel C. Duffy, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Georgia Pacific Corporation.

R. Mark McCareins, Dane A. Drobny, Michael J. Mayer, Andrew D. Shapiro, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Appellants Jefferson-Smurfit Corp., Stone Container Corp. and Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.

Richard C. Rizzo, Jennifer R. Clarke, Will W. Sachse, Donald C. Le Gower, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Temple-Inland, Inc.

Howard I. Langer (argued), Sandals & Langer, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for All Appellees.

Eugene A. Spector (argued), Jeffrey J. Corrigan, William G. Caldes, Spector Roseman & Kodroff, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Michael J. Freed, Steven A. Kanner, William London, Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Appellees General Refractories Company and Co-Lead Counsel for Corrugated Sheet Plaintiffs.

Robert J. LaRocca, Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Oak Valley Farms, Inc., Garrett Paper, Inc. and Local Baking Products, Inc.

H. Laddie Montague, Martin Twersky, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Garrett Paper, Inc.

Roberta D. Liebenberg, Donald L. Perelman, Fine Kaplan & Black, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Local Baking Products, Inc.

W. Joseph Bruckner, Janelle K. Beitz, Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellees Oak Valley Farms, Inc., Garrett Paper, Inc. and Local Baking Products, Inc.

Mark Reinhardt, Mark Wendorf, Reinhardt & Anderson, First National Bank Building, St. Paul, MN, for Appellee Albert I. Halper Corrugated Box Company.

Before McKEE, FUENTES and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal by manufacturers of linerboard1 requires us to decide if the district court erred in granting two motions for class certification by groups of plaintiffs who brought antitrust law suits alleging that the linerboard manufacturers engaged in a continuing combination and conspiracy in unreasonable restraint of trade and commerce in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases