IN RE CITRIC ACID LITIGATION

Nos. MDL 1092 FMS, C 95-2963 FMS.

996 F.Supp. 951 (1998)

In re CITRIC ACID LITIGATION. This document relates to all actions.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

January 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk B. Hulett, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, LLP, San Diego, CA, Leonard Barrack, Steven A. Asher, Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA, Guido Saveri, Richard Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, San Francisco, CA, Bruce L. Simon, Nancy L. Fineman, Joseph W. Cotchett, Cotchett, Pitre & Simon, Burlingame, CA, Steven A. Kanner, Michael J. Freed, Michael Hyman, Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Ament & Eiger, PC, Chicago, IL, for 7-Up Bottling Company of Philadelphia, Inc., plaintiff.

Edward P. Sangster, Robert Brewer, Jr., McKenna & Cuneo, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Aubrey M. Daniel, III, John E. Schmidtlein, Steven R. Kuney, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Archer Daniels Midland Co., Inc., defendant.

Charles F. Preuss, Vernon I. Zvoleff, John J. Powers, Preuss, Walker & Shanagher, San Francisco, CA, Robert E. Bloch, Mark W. Ryan, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, for Cargill Inc, defendant.

Tefft W. Smith, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Daniel F. Attridge, Hunter Wiggins, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for Haarmann & Reimer Corporation, defendant.

Mark R. Joelson, Donald C. Klawiter, Jonathan M. Rich, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC, for Jungbunzlauer Inc., defendant.

Franklin R. Liss, Bruce L. Montgomery, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, for Hoffman-La Roche Inc, defendant.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

FERN M. SMITH, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Defendant Cargill's motion for summary judgment requires the Court to consider whether there is a genuine issue of material fact about whether Cargill participated in a conspiracy to fix the price and allocate market share of citric acid. The Court holds that no reasonable jury could find that Cargill was a participant, and so grants Cargill's motion...

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