IN RE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 07-1689.

552 F.3d 305 (2009)

In re: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ANTITRUST LITIGATION Arkema Inc., Arkema France S.A., FMC Corp., Kemira Chemicals Canada, Inc., Kemira OYJ, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed December 30, 2008.

As Amended January 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Bizar, Esquire (Argued), Landon Y. Jones III, Esquire, Thomas P. Manning, Esquire, Howard D. Scher, Esquire, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants, Arkema Inc. and Arkema France SA.

Michael I. Frankel, Esquire, Joseph A. Tate, Esquire, Christine C. Levin, Esquire, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant, FMC Corporation.

Jeffrey S. Cashdan, Esquire, Stephen P. Cummings, Esquire, Christine A. Hopkinson, Esquire, Catherine M. O'Neil, Esquire, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, Joanna J. Cline, Esquire, Barbara W. Mather, Esquire, Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants, Kemira OYJ and Kemira Chemicals Canada, Inc.

Gregory K. Arenson, Esquire (Argued), Robert N. Kaplan, Esquire, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer, New York, NY, Anthony J. Bolognese, Esquire, Bolognese & Associates, Philadelphia, PA, William P. Butterfield, Esquire, Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, D.C., for Appellees, Artco Chemical, Inc., Astro Chemicals, Inc., Borden & Remington Corporation, Chem/Ser, Inc., EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc., Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Interstate Chemical Company, Lensco Products, Inc., Lincoln Paper & Tissue, LLC, Ohio Chemical Services, Inc., James R. Pacific, Robert Chemical Company, Inc., Safer Textile Processing Corporation, Young Chemical Company, City of Philadelphia, Borough of Middletown and Middletown Borough Authority.

Steven A. Kanner, Esquire, Freed Kanner London & Millen, Bannockburn, IL, for Appellees, Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs and EMCO Chemical Distributors, Inc.

Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, AMBRO and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Chief Judge.

At issue in this antitrust action are the standards a district court applies when deciding whether to certify a class. We will vacate the order certifying the class in this case and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.

In deciding whether to certify a class under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23, the district court must make whatever factual and legal inquiries are necessary and must consider all relevant...

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