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WINDHAM v. AMERICAN BRANDS, INC.

No. 75-2315.

539 F.2d 1016 (1976)

Roy P. WINDHAM et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. AMERICAN BRANDS, INC., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. N. Zeigler, Florence, S. C., (H. Page Dees, Florence, S. C., John A. Cochrane, John E. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn., J. Nat Hamrick, Rutherfordton, N. C., Robert C. Howison, Jr., Raleigh, N. C. and Frank M. Wooten, Jr., Greenville, N. C., on brief), for appellants.

Murray H. Bring, Atty., Arnold & Porter, Washington, D. C., (Willcox, Hardee, Palmer, O'Farrell, McLeod & Buyck, Florence, S. C., on brief), for Philip Morris Inc., appellees.

William Reynolds Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., Columbia, S. C., and Edward M. Silverstein, Atty., Marketing Div., Office of Gen. Counsel, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (Mark W. Buyck, U. S. Atty., Columbia, S. C., James D. Keast, Gen. Counsel, J. Michael Kelly, Harold N. Carter, Asst. Gen. Counsels, John C. Chernauskas, Director, Marketing Div., Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, CRAVEN, Circuit Judge, and WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge*.

The issue before us is whether in this private action alleging violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1 and 2, the District Court abused its discretion in denying, with respect to all aspects of the case, class action certification under Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(b)(3).

July 29, 1974, six named plaintiffs, growers of flue-cured tobacco in South Carolina, complained...

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