IN RE OCEAN SHIPPING ANTITRUST LITIGATION

MDL No. 395 M21-26 (CES).

500 F.Supp. 1235 (1980)

In re OCEAN SHIPPING ANTITRUST LITIGATION.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

October 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brien E. Kehoe, Gen. Counsel, Edward G. Gruis, Deputy Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., Anne E. Mickey, Atty., Federal Maritime Commission, New York City and Washington, D. C., for Federal Maritime Commission.

Kenneth N. Hart, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, for defendant United States Lines, Inc.

Robert A. Skirnick, Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for plaintiffs Covington Fabrics Corp., Graphic Engraving, Inc., Hanbury Import Corp., L&H Export Industries, Inc., and Thrift Control Products, Inc.

James R. Hawkins, II, Cummings & Lockwood, Stamford, Conn., for defendant American Export Lines, Inc.

William Karas, Galland, Kharasch, Calkins & Short, George W. Wise, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for defendant Atlantic Container Line, Ltd.

Edwin Longcope, Hill, Betts & Nash, New York City, for defendant Dart Containerline Co. Limited.

Stanley O. Sher, Billig, Sher & Jones, Washington, D. C., for defendant Hapag-Lloyd, A. G.

John C. Fricano, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D. C., for defendant Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Jane E. Genster, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D. C., for defendant Seatrain Lines, Inc.

Samuel K. Rosen, Skydell Sigall Rosen & Windheim, P. C., New York City, for plaintiff Amrose Art Linens, Inc.

Harvey S. Kronfeld, Hudson, Wilf & Kronfeld, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff Bonjour Imports Corp.

Benedict Wolf, Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for plaintiffs Covington Fabrics Corp., Graphic Engraving, Inc., Hanbury Import Corp., L&H Export Industries, Inc., and Thrift Control Products, Inc.

Abraham A. Diamond, Abraham A. Diamond, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff C.S. Greene and Co., Inc.

Michael H. King, Antonow & Fink, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff A. Epstein Companies, Inc.

Michael J. Freed, Much, Shelist, Freed, Deneberg, Ament & Eiger, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff Euromarket Designs, Inc.

Robert Dembia, Purrington & McConnell, New York City, for plaintiffs Fruitex Corp., M. Trombetta & Sons, Inc., H. Schnell & Co., Inc., and Fruit Export Corp.

Joseph A. Ruskay, Woodmere, N. Y., for plaintiffs Galland-Schlesinger Chemical Manufacturing Corp. and Galland-Schlesinger Chemicides, Inc., and Hobrel Export Corp.

Lawrence Walner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff Domino Footwear, Ltd.

Robert N. Kaplan, Kaplan, Kilsheimer & Foley, New York City, for plaintiff Dunhill Manufacturing & Distributing Corp.

Elwood Kendrick, Kendrick, Netter & Bennett, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff Walter Hausfeld, T/A Walter Hausfeld Co.

Lawrence H. Eiger, Much, Shelist, Freed, Deneberg, Ament & Eiger, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff Howard Footwear Enterprises, Inc.

Guido Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff Gary Wine & Liquor Corp.

Stanley L. Kaufman, Kaufman, Taylor, Kimmel & Miller, New York City, for plaintiff Glass Laboratories, Inc.

Bernard M. Gross, Gross & Sklar, P. C., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff Michael Koretsky T/A Frames Unlimited.

N. Robert Stoll, Stoll & Stoll, Portland, Or., for plaintiff London Antique Wholesalers, Ltd.

Henry A. Brachtl, Lowey, Dannenberg & Knapp, New York City, for plaintiffs IAP, Inc., Imported Automotive Parts, Ltd. and Great Empire Corp.

Jerry S. Cohen, Kohn, Milstein & Cohen, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Imperial Crystals and China Co., Inc.

Eric M. Rubin, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Imperial Metal & Chemical Co.

Stuart A. Summit, Burns, Jackson, Miller, Summit & Jacoby, New York City, for plaintiffs Packaging Industries Group, Inc. and Mercantile Development, Inc.

James B. Sloan, Sloan & Connelly, P. C., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff Palacek Imports, Inc.

Sheldon P. Barr, Barr & Bello, New York City, for plaintiff Paramount Electrical Supply Co., Inc.

Anthony L. Tersigni, Meyers, Tersigni, Kaufman, Debrot, Feldman & Gray, New York City, for plaintiff Indecor, Inc.

H. Kenneth Kudon, Danzansky, Dickey, Tydings, Quint & Gordon, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Selfix, Inc.

Leonard Barrack, Barrack, Rodos & McMahon, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff Starmel Food Corp.

Dale E. Fredericks, Sedwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff Tacony Corp.

Sheldon O. Collen, Friedman & Kovan, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff The Testor Corp.

David Berger, Berger & Montague, P. C., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff Pat Harris of New Jersey, Inc.

Arthur N. Abbey, New York City, for plaintiff Regent Sheffield, Ltd.

Daniel W. Krasner, Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz, New York City, for plaintiff Trans-Ocean Sales Co., Inc.

Richard J. Rappaport, Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff T. I. Raleigh (U. S. A.), Inc.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

STEWART, District Judge:

Plaintiffs, shippers in the United States/Europe ocean shipping trade, brought these actions under section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15 seeking damages for injuries sustained as a result of violations by defendants of section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1.1 They seek relief on behalf of themselves and all United States shippers by common carrier in the United...

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