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BLOMKEST FERTILIZER v. POTASH OF SASKATCHEWAN

No. 97-1330.

176 F.3d 1055 (1999)

BLOMKEST FERTILIZER, INC.; Cobden Grain & Feed, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs, Hahnaman Albrecht, Inc.; John Peterson, doing business as Almelund Feed & Grain; Laing-Gro Fertilizers, Inc.; Plaintiffs-Appellants, Clearbrook AG Service, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Reamford Liquid Fertilizer, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Tolley's, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs, James River Farm Service, Inc., on behalf of itself and all other similarly situated; Plaintiffs-Appellants, Angela Coleman, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs, AG Network, Inc.; Plaintiffs-Appellants, Marcelline Farm Supply, Inc., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN, INC.; Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Sales, Inc.; Potash Company of America, Inc.; IMC Fertilizer Group, Inc.; Kalium Chemicals, Ltd.; Kalium Canada, Ltd.; Noranda Minerals, Inc.; Central Canada Potash Co.; Noranda Sales Corporation, Ltd.; Cominco, Ltd.; Cominco American, Inc.; Eddy Potash, Inc.; New Mexico Potash Corporation; Defendants-Appellees, Rio Algom, Ltd.; Defendant, PPG Canada, Limited; PPG Industries, Inc.; IMC Global, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed May 7, 1999.

Rehearing and Rehearing Granted; Opinion and Judgment Vacated July 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Epstein, Chicago, Illinois, argued (Mark Reinhardt and Harvey H. Eckhart, St. Paul, Minnesota, Joel C. Meredith and Bruce K. Cohen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard J. Favretto, Washington, DC, argued (Marc Gary, Charles Rothfeld, Kerry Lynn Edwards, and Gary A. Winters, Washington, DC, John D. French and Gordon G. Busdicker, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Michael Evan Jaffe and Gerald Zingone, Washington, DC, Jerome B. Pederson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Gerald A. Connell and Ronald M. Wick, Washington, DC, Leon R. Goodrich, St. Paul, Minnesota, Douglas E. Rosenthal and Amy L. Bess, Washington, DC, Victor S. Friedman and Eric Queen, New York, New York, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees.

Stephen A. Marshall and Martin P. Michael, New York, New York, and Carol A. Peterson, Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued, for Defendants-Appellees New Mexico Potash Corporation and Eddy Potash, Inc.

Frank A. Taylor and Scott A. Smith, Minneapolis, Minnesota, argued, for Defendants-Appellees PPG Industries, Inc., and PPG Canada, Ltd.

Before BEAM, HEANEY, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Granted; Opinion and Judgment Vacated July 16, 1999.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

A certified class of potash buyers appeals the district court's entry of judgment in favor of the defendant potash producers in this antitrust case. The class claims that the producers conspired to fix potash prices in violation of section one of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (1994). The district court adopted a recommendation of the Magistrate...

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