IMPERVIOUS PAINT INDUSTRIES v. ASHLAND OIL

Civ. A. Nos. C 78-0068 L(A), C 78-0069 L(A) and C 79-0656 L(A).

508 F.Supp. 720 (1981)

IMPERVIOUS PAINT INDUSTRIES, INC. et al., Plaintiffs, v. ASHLAND OIL et al, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Kentucky, Louisville Division.

February 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell E. Sachnoff, Arnold Pagniucci, Chicago, Ill., Barry F. Schwartz, Roberta D. Liebenberg, Burt Rublin, Denise D. Colliers, Seymour Kurland, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohn, Galen J. White, Jr., Robert Stopher, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiffs.

K. Gregory Haynes, Louisville, Ky., and Ray S. Bolze, William J. Hunter of Howrey & Simon, Washington, D. C., for Ashland Oil.

Erwin C. Heininger and James Gladden, Chicago, Ill., and Gerald Kirven, Louisville, Ky., for Cargill, Inc.

William R. Burke, Jr., Houston, Tex., and James D. Moyer, Louisville, Ky., for Zapata-Haynie.

C. Gibson Downing, Lyle Robey, Lexington, Ky., for Koppers.

Robert W. Sayre, James G. Rosenberg, Philadelphia, Pa., and Richard W. Iler, Louisville, Ky., for McCloskey.

Raymond W. Midgett, Arthur E. Newbold, Philadelphia, Pa., and George Reycraft, John Boyer and J. David Officer, New York City, for Reichhold Chemicals.

Wesley P. Adams, Jr., Louisville, Ky., and John G. Harkins, Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for Reliance Universal.

Donald H. Balleisen, John Reed, Louisville, Ky., and John Russell Phillips, Kansas City, Mo., for Cook Paint & Varnish.

Robert V. Abendroth, Milwaukee, Wis., and W. Robert Lotz, Jr., Covington, Ky., for Freeman Chemical.

Jack E. Ruck, Louisville, Ky., for Reichhold.

James Pitt, Libertyville, Ill., and Kenneth L. Anderson, Louisville, Ky., for IMC.

Henry Sailor, Gary Reback, Washington, D. C., and James C. Hickey, Louisville, Ky., for Spencer-Kellog.

James E. Masterson, Millburn, N. J., for Syncon Resin.

Martin Schneider, New York City, and Jack P. Reisz, Louisville, Ky., for Syrnes Chemical.

James Tobin, Columbus, Ohio, William H. Baughman, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, and Samuel Manly, Louisville, Ky., for Yenkin-Majestic.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ALLEN, Chief Judge.

These consolidated multiple-defendant civil anti-trust actions are proceeding by way of class action. Although the senior action was filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in late 1977 and transferred to this Court in early 1978, procedural problems have slowed the progress of the suit such that notice to the more than 1,300 class members has only recently been sent. The present submission arises from alleged...

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