MICHIGAN DIVISION-MONUMENT v. MICHIGAN CEMETERY

Nos. 06-2524, 07-1168, 07-1169, 07-1171.

524 F.3d 726 (2008)

MICHIGAN DIVISION-MONUMENT BUILDERS OF NORTH AMERICA et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MICHIGAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION et al., Defendants-Appellees. Michigan Division-Monument Builders of North America et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Michigan Cemetery Association, Arborcrest Memorial Park (07-1168); Michigan Memorial Park, Inc. (07-1169); White Chapel Memorial Association (07-1171), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Barbara H. Kramer, Kramer & Kramer, Rydal, Pennsylvania, for Plaintiffs. Frederick R. Juckniess, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jay W. Tower, Bingham Farms, Michigan, Jeffrey C. Gerish, Plunkett & Cooney, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Anthony F. Caffrey III, Cardelli, Lanfear & Buikema, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Defendants. ON BRIEF: Barbara H. Kramer, Mitchell A. Kramer, Kramer & kramer, Rydal, Pennsylvania, David A. Nacht, David Blanchard, Nacht & Associates, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Plaintiffs. Frederick R. Juckniess, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jay W. Tower, Bingham Farms, Michigan, Jeffrey C. Gerish, Plunkett & Cooney, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, L. David Lawson, Winegarden, Haley, Lindholm & Robertson, Grand Blanc, Michigan, Robert D. Goldstein, Garan Lucow Miller, Grand Blanc, Michigan, Timothy J. Jordan, Garan Lucow Miller, Detroit, Michigan, for Defendants.

Before: MOORE, GILMAN, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case involves allegations of anticompetitive behavior in the market for burial monuments in the state of Michigan. Three independent monument builders and a nonprofit trade association of monument builders—the Michigan Division of the Monument Builders of North America — (collectively, the Builders) filed the present lawsuit against 20 cemetery operators and the Michigan Cemetery Association (collectively...

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